Overview
Shap-User is a fetcher associated with Parallel Web Systems, used for retrieving web content at the direction of Parallel users.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Shap-User; related patterns include Shap-User/0.1.0; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; Shap-User/0.1.0.
Shap-User is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Robots.txt applicability for Shap-User depends on whether the request is autonomous or user-triggered. Do not treat a robots.txt rule as guaranteed enforcement.
Parallel states that Shap-User is user-directed and is intended for visibility rather than management through automated crawler controls.
Treat the user-agent as an identity claim. Corroborate it with operator-controlled IP ranges, reverse DNS, signed-request evidence, or current documentation when available.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Shap-User - Aliases
- Shap-User/0.1.0
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; Shap-User/0.1.0 - Robots Token
- Shap-User
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `Shap-User` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- AI
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Family
- Parallel
- Operator
- Parallel Web Systems
- Company
- Parallel Web Systems
- Purpose
- User-triggered AI retrieval
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- retrieving web content at the direction of Parallel users
- Detection Notes
- Detect primarily by `Shap-User`; related patterns include `Shap-User/0.1.0`; representative HTTP user-agent: `Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; Shap-User/0.1.0`. User-agent strings can be copied, so corroborate with stronger evidence before granting trust.
- Respects robots.txt
- Depends
- Spoofing Risk
- Shap-User has medium spoofing risk because its user-agent can be copied; use published operator-controlled verification data when available.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# Robots.txt applicability depends on request context. Use stronger controls when enforcement is required. - Apache Rule
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RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Shap\-User" [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [F,L] - Nginx Rule
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if ($http_user_agent ~* "Shap\-User") { return 403; }