Bot intelligence record
PerplexityBot
Usually allowUse the PerplexityBot identifier to separate Perplexity AI crawler, assistant, or AI search traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
User-Agent Pattern
PerplexityPerplexityBot
Robots.txt Snippet
Copy-readyUser-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /Handling Guidance
DependsThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
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 Search
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Verified Directory
Notes
PerplexityBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI crawler from Perplexity. The primary identifier for log review is PerplexityBot.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
PerplexityBot - Family: Perplexity
- Type: AI
- Kind: Crawler
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 PerplexityBot.
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
- Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for PerplexityBot.
- AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/perplexity-crawlers
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