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DuckAssistBot
DuckDuckGoHonours robots.txt
Supports DuckDuckGo's AI-assisted answers. Modest volume, privacy-conscious audience.
User-agent string
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; DuckAssistBot/1.0; +https://duckduckgo.com/duckassistbot)
How to verify it
DuckDuckGo published ranges.
What blocking costs
Modest volume, privacy-conscious audience.
robots.txt rule
# Block DuckAssistBot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /
# Allow everything else
User-agent: *
Allow: /Robots.txt is enough
DuckDuckGo documents DuckAssistBot as honouring robots.txt. Verify with your logs after deploying — a spoofed agent will keep coming.
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