Bot intelligence record

Google-Agent

Review first

Use the Google-Agent identifier to separate Google AI crawler, assistant, or AI search traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Ai Ai Assistant Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: No
Operator
Google
Family
Google
Type
Ai
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

Google
Google-Agent
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.

Robots.txt Snippet

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No general robots.txt block is guaranteed; this is a user-triggered agent and may require server-side access controls.

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Handling Guidance

Depends

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Google
Family
Google
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Assistant
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify as a Google user-triggered agent using reverse DNS and Google's published user-triggered agent IP ranges.
IP ranges
https://developers.google.com/static/search/apis/ipranges/user-triggered-agents.json
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings for Google-Agent can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.

Notes

Google-Agent is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI fetcher from Google. The primary identifier for log review is Google-Agent.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: Google-Agent
  • Family: Google
  • Type: AI
  • Kind: Fetcher

Common use

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Verification and handling

Verify as a Google user-triggered agent using reverse DNS and Google's published user-triggered agent IP ranges.

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: No.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify as a Google user-triggered agent using reverse DNS and Google's published user-triggered agent IP ranges.
  • Match `Google-Agent` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
  • User-agent strings for Google-Agent can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-user-triggered-fetchers

Same family: Google

ProjectShield-UrlCheck Safe

ProjectShield Url Check

ProjectShield Url Check is a security scanner from Google used for security checks, malware review, or abuse prevention.

Operator and family: Google Type: Security
Verified robots.txt: No Block: No Verified Bot
GoogleOther-Image Neutral

GoogleOther-Image

GoogleOther-Image is an AI crawler from Google used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Operator and family: Google Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Training
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
GoogleOther-Video Neutral

GoogleOther-Video

GoogleOther-Video is an AI crawler from Google used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Operator and family: Google Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Training
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
GoogleMessages Safe

GoogleMessages

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

Operator and family: Google Type: Preview
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented

Same operator: Google

GoogleAgent-Mariner Neutral

GoogleAgent-Mariner

Claimed Google Project Mariner user-agent token for agentic browser activity.

Operator: Google Family: Google Mariner Type: Ai Purpose: Agentic Browsing
Not verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Observed
Google-Extended Safe

Google-Extended

Google-Extended is an AI control token from Google used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Operator and family: Google Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
Google-NotebookLM Neutral

Google-NotebookLM

Google-NotebookLM is an AI fetcher from Google used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Operator and family: Google Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented
Google-Pinpoint Safe

Google-Pinpoint

Google-Pinpoint is a search crawler from Google used for search indexing, page discovery, or content rendering.

Operator and family: Google Type: Search
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented

Similar purpose: Ai Assistant

TwinAgent Neutral

TwinAgent

TwinAgent is an AI fetcher from Twin used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Operator and family: Twin Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Verified Bot
SpyglassesBot Neutral

Spyglasses Bot

Spyglasses Bot evaluates website content to identify issues that would affect visibility by AI assistants.

Operator and family: Spyglasses Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Verified Bot
Perplexity-User Neutral

Perplexity-User

Perplexity-User is an AI agent from Perplexity used for AI-related crawling, retrieval, search, or assistant activity.

Operator and family: Perplexity Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot
Nava/ Neutral

Nava Labs ASP (Dev)

Bot to assist social workers in navigating safety net benefit websites.

Operator: Nava Labs Family: Nava Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Verified Bot

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