Bot Directory Record
Kimi User
Review firstKimi User is an AI crawler from Moonshot AI used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval; it appears in server logs as `Kimi-User`.
- Operator
- Moonshot AI
- Family
- Moonshot AI
- Type
- Ai
- Source type
- Observed
- Last checked
- 2026-06-20
User-Agent Signal
Moonshot AIKimi-User
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: Kimi-User
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Handling Guidance
DependsUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
Kimi User is used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval, and automated web access on behalf of an AI product.
Intelligence Details
Public record fields- Operator
- Moonshot AI
- Family
- Moonshot AI
- Type
- Ai
- Purpose
- Ai Assistant
- Identity type
- Observed
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-06-20
- Last checked
- 2026-06-20
- Source type
- Observed
- Verification
- Verify Kimi User by matching `Kimi-User` to Moonshot AI evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Spoofing risk
- Kimi User has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Notes
- Kimi User is an AI crawler from Moonshot AI used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval, and automated web access on behalf of an AI product.
- Its primary user-agent pattern is
Kimi-User. - Kimi User is not independently verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Observed, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
- Kimi User does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
- Kimi User should be handled according to the site owner’s AI crawler policy, with allow, block, or rate-limit rules applied deliberately.
Evidence and Source
- Verify Kimi User by matching `Kimi-User` to Moonshot AI evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Kimi User traffic is primarily detected by the `Kimi-User` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Moonshot AI infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Kimi User is used for assistant-driven browsing, page retrieval, and automated web access on behalf of an AI product.
- Kimi User has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Use in Botcrawl Edge
Botcrawl EdgeMatch this signal against live requests, related datacenter traffic, and rule actions in Edge.