Overview
FlowpaneBot is a verified crawler associated with Flowpane and is used for site audit.
The primary identifying signal is FlowpaneBot.
Flowpane documents this as its sitemap/deep-scan crawler. It is a distinct identity from the signed Flowpane/1.0 governance-check client and honors robots.txt plus Crawl-delay.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence.
This identity is recorded as honoring robots.txt under FlowpaneBot.
Risk classification: Safe. Treat User-Agent strings as claims unless corroborated by the verification signals recorded for this entry.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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FlowpaneBot - Aliases
- FlowpaneBot/1.0
- HTTP Agent Examples
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FlowpaneBot/1.0 (+https://flowpane.com/bot) - Robots Token
- FlowpaneBot
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match FlowpaneBot/1.0 and corroborate with an expected Flowpane sitemap/deep-scan crawl. The crawler honors robots.txt and Crawl-delay.
Classification
- Type
- SEO
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Flowpane
- Purpose
- Site audit
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Crawls configured sites from the homepage, follows internal links, detects broken links, and supports sitemap/site auditing.
- Detection Notes
- Match `FlowpaneBot` as an identity signal and apply the recorded verification method before granting identity-based trust.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- The `FlowpaneBot` identity can be copied by unrelated clients. Treat it as a claimed identity unless corroborated by the listed verification method.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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User-agent: FlowpaneBot Disallow: /