Bot intelligence record

GitHub Camo

Usually allow

Use the github-camo identifier to separate GitHub link preview, prefetch, or user-triggered rendering traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Preview Verified Bot Confidence: Medium Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
GitHub
Family
GitHub
Type
Preview
Source type
Verified Directory
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

GitHub
github-camo
Verification note

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.

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User-agent: github-camo
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.

Link previews, page rendering, social unfurls, prefetching, or user-triggered content previews.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
GitHub
Family
GitHub
Type
Preview
Purpose
Preview
Identity type
Verified Bot
Confidence
Medium
Last verified
2026-04-19
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Verified Directory
Verification
Public verified bot directory listing
Spoofing risk
Medium

Notes

GitHub Camo is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a preview or prefetch bot from GitHub. The primary identifier for log review is github-camo.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: github-camo
  • Family: GitHub
  • Type: Preview
  • Kind: Preview

Common use

Link previews, page rendering, social unfurls, prefetching, or user-triggered content previews.

Verification and handling

Confirm the user-agent against server logs and use published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, or other trust signals when available.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe 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

  • Public verified bot directory listing
  • Match `github-camo` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • Link previews, page rendering, social unfurls, prefetching, or user-triggered content previews.
  • Medium

https://bots.fyi/d/github-camo

Same family: GitHub

github-hookshot Safe

GitHub Hookshot

GitHub Hookshot is a webhook callback service from GitHub used for service notifications, callbacks, or integration events.

Operator and family: GitHub Type: Webhook
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot

Similar purpose: Preview

YandexScreenshotBot Safe

YandexScreenshotBot

YandexScreenshotBot is a preview or prefetch bot from Yandex used to fetch pages for previews, unfurls, or user-triggered rendering.

Operator and family: Yandex Type: Preview
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented
YandexFavicons Safe

YandexFavicons

YandexFavicons is a preview or prefetch bot from Yandex used to fetch pages for previews, unfurls, or user-triggered rendering.

Operator and family: Yandex Type: Preview
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented
YandexMobileScreenShotBot Safe

YandexMobileScreenShotBot

YandexMobileScreenShotBot is a preview or prefetch bot from Yandex used to fetch pages for previews, unfurls, or user-triggered rendering.

Operator and family: Yandex Type: Preview
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented
Yahoo Link Preview Neutral

Yahoo Link Preview

Yahoo Link Preview's bot fetches data from URLs shared on Yahoo platforms.

Operator and family: Yahoo Type: Preview
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Verified Bot

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