# PerplexityBot

Bot · Crawlers · Builds a search index · operated by perplexity

**Identity:** Publishes its IP addresses.

## How to recognise it

- Published IP list: https://www.perplexity.com/perplexitybot.json
- User agent contains `PerplexityBot`

## Allow or block

To opt out, add to robots.txt:

```robots
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /
```

## With Double Agent

Sessions from PerplexityBot are labelled `bot` with `agent_id: perplexity.perplexitybot`, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots · Operator docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots