Bot intelligence record

Perplexity-User

Review first

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

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

User-Agent Pattern

Perplexity
Perplexity-User
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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User-agent: Perplexity-User Disallow: /

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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
Perplexity
Family
Perplexity
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Assistant
Identity type
Verified Bot
Confidence
Medium
Last verified
2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Verified Directory
Verification
Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for Perplexity-User.
IP ranges
https://www.perplexity.com/perplexity-user.json
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings for Perplexity-User 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

Perplexity-User is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI agent from Perplexity. The primary identifier for log review is Perplexity-User.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: Perplexity-User
  • Family: Perplexity
  • Type: AI
  • Kind: Agent

Common use

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

Verification and handling

Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for Perplexity-User.

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

  • Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for Perplexity-User.
  • Match `Perplexity-User` 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 Perplexity-User 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://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/perplexity-crawlers

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