Bot intelligence record
DeepSeekBot
Review firstClaimed DeepSeek crawler identifier found in third-party bot directories; no official public DeepSeek user-agent documentation was confirmed.
- Operator
- DeepSeek
- Family
- DeepSeek
- Type
- Ai
- Source type
- Observed
- Last checked
- 2026-06-02
User-Agent Pattern
DeepSeekDeepSeekBot
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: DeepSeekBot Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
Claimed AI crawler identifier associated with DeepSeek model development or content discovery.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- DeepSeek
- Family
- DeepSeek
- Type
- Ai
- Purpose
- AI Model Data Collection
- Identity type
- Observed
- Confidence
- Low
- Last verified
- 2026-06-02
- Last checked
- 2026-06-02
- Source type
- Observed
- Verification
- Low-confidence record. DeepSeek has not clearly published a stable official crawler user-agent in the sources reviewed; treat matches as claimed identity only.
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. Pair the claimed identifier with operator documentation, IP verification, reverse DNS, signatures, or other available trust signals before creating low-friction allow rules.
Notes
DeepSeekBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a ai bot from DeepSeek. The primary identifier for log review is DeepSeekBot.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
DeepSeekBot - Family: DeepSeek
- Type: Ai
- Kind: Crawler
Common use
Claimed AI crawler identifier associated with DeepSeek model development or content discovery.
Verification and handling
Confirm the user-agent against server logs and use published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other trust signals when available.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Neutral and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: Unknown.
Evidence and Source
- Low-confidence record. DeepSeek has not clearly published a stable official crawler user-agent in the sources reviewed; treat matches as claimed identity only.
- Match `DeepSeekBot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- Claimed AI crawler identifier associated with DeepSeek model development or content discovery.
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. Pair the claimed identifier with operator documentation, IP verification, reverse DNS, signatures, or other available trust signals before creating low-friction allow rules.
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