Overview
Profound Sheets Sitemap Importer is a sitemap importer associated with Profound and used for user triggered sitemap import.
The primary identifying User-Agent token is ProfoundSheetsSitemapImporter. Representative HTTP request identity: ProfoundSheetsSitemapImporter/1.0.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: official documented.
This identity is recorded as not honoring robots.txt Disallow directives; use server-side access controls when restriction is required.
Risk classification: Neutral. Evaluate request context and site policy before allowing, rate-limiting, or blocking.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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ProfoundSheetsSitemapImporter - HTTP Agent Examples
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ProfoundSheetsSitemapImporter/1.0 - Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match the exact `ProfoundSheetsSitemapImporter/1.0` User-Agent. Profound documents AWS origin with no fixed IP allowlist for this importer.
Classification
- Type
- AI
- Kind
- Sitemap importer
- Family
- Profound
- Purpose
- User-triggered sitemap import
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- fetching sitemap and robots resources when a Profound user imports site URLs into Sheets
- Detection Notes
- This user-triggered importer fetches robots.txt only for Sitemap directives plus sitemap/index XML resources. It does not evaluate robots.txt Disallow rules against those sitemap files.
- Respects robots.txt
- No
- Spoofing Risk
- The exact ProfoundSheetsSitemapImporter User-Agent can be copied by unrelated clients; no fixed IP allowlist is published for this importer.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# This importer does not use robots.txt Disallow for sitemap files. Use WAF/CDN or server-side User-Agent controls to restrict it.