Overview
Vercel Screenshot Bot is a link preview bot from Vercel used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.
Its primary user-agent pattern is vercel-screenshot-bot; related patterns include Vercel Screenshot Bot.
Vercel Screenshot Bot is Verified from current authoritative identity documentation reviewed on 2026-08-07. The identity type is Official Documented.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
Vercel Screenshot Bot can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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vercel-screenshot-bot - Aliases
- Vercel Screenshot Bot
- HTTP Agent Examples
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vercel-screenshot-bot - Robots Token
- vercel-screenshot-bot
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `vercel-screenshot-bot` to the current operator documentation and corroborate the request with operator-controlled verification signals where available; User-Agent strings alone can be spoofed.
Classification
- Type
- Preview
- Kind
- Preview
- Family
- Vercel
- Operator
- Vercel
- Company
- Vercel
- Purpose
- Preview
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Vercel Screenshot Bot is used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.
- Detection Notes
- Vercel Screenshot Bot traffic is primarily detected by the `vercel-screenshot-bot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Vercel Screenshot Bot`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Vercel infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Vercel Screenshot Bot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.