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PerplexityBot — robots.txt guide
Perplexity AI answer engine indexing crawler.
- robots.txt User-agent
- PerplexityBot
- Company
- Perplexity
- Official documentation
- https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/perplexitybot
How to allow PerplexityBot in robots.txt
Add an explicit allow rule (recommended when you use specific bot blocks elsewhere):
User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
How to block PerplexityBot in robots.txt
Block this crawler from your entire site:
User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /
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