Overview
aiHitBot is a web scraper from Matchdeck Ltd. used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
Its primary user-agent pattern is aiHitBot; related patterns include aiHitBot/2.9; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; aiHitBot/2.9; +https://www.aihitdata.com/about).
aiHitBot is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
aiHitBot should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
aiHitBot belongs to the aiHit bot family.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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aiHitBot - Aliases
- aiHitBot/2.9
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; aiHitBot/2.9; +https://www.aihitdata.com/about) - Robots Token
- aiHitBot
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `aiHitBot` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Scraper
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- aiHit
- Purpose
- Data collection
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- aiHitBot is used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
- Detection Notes
- aiHitBot traffic is primarily detected by the `aiHitBot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `aiHitBot/2.9`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; aiHitBot/2.9; +https://www.aihitdata.com/about)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Matchdeck Ltd. infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- aiHitBot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Matchdeck Ltd. Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.