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:
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 ยท Operator docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots