AI Crawler Checker
PerplexityBot access checker.
PerplexityBot is the web crawler behind Perplexity AI — one of the fastest-growing AI search engines. If it's blocked, your site cannot be cited or summarised in Perplexity answers. This checker shows you its access status and the responsible robots.txt rule.
Check my site — free →What it is
PerplexityBot (user-agent: PerplexityBot) crawls web pages to power Perplexity AI's search and answer engine. Perplexity cites its sources in every answer, so allowing PerplexityBot increases the chance of your site appearing with a source link. Perplexity is especially popular with technical and research audiences.
User-agent: PerplexityBot
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User-agent: PerplexityBot
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User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /Free full report
See your actual PerplexityBot access status.
Paste your URL and a target query. Get your citation readiness score, per-crawler breakdown, and copy-paste fixes in under 20 seconds.
Run a free scan →Frequently asked
What is PerplexityBot?
PerplexityBot is the web crawler operated by Perplexity AI. It indexes web pages to power Perplexity's AI-generated answers. Perplexity displays source citations alongside every answer, so a site allowed by PerplexityBot can receive visible backlinks in AI search results.
Will blocking PerplexityBot stop Perplexity from mentioning my site?
Yes. If PerplexityBot cannot crawl your page, Perplexity will not have fresh content from your site and will be unlikely to cite it. Older cached data may still appear briefly, but blocking the bot will eventually remove your site from Perplexity's index.