Directory Assistants fetching for a user

PhindBot Agent

Acts for a person, operated by phind. Fetched because a person asked an assistant.

Operator
phind
Kind
Assistants fetching for a user
Does
Acts for a person
Traffic
Many customers’
robots.txt
No token

Identity

Names itself in its user agent only

  1. SignedSigns every request (Web Bot Auth): cryptographic proof.
  2. IP listPublishes the IP addresses it comes from.
  3. Reverse DNSIts IP addresses resolve to the operator’s domain.
  4. User agentNames itself in its user agent, which anyone can copy.
  5. HiddenLooks like a person’s browser: detected by behaviour.

How to recognise it

  • User agent

    Contains PhindBot. Anyone can copy it, so it names the client without proving it.

Details

ID
phind.phindbot
Category
Agent
Operator
phind
Agent Card
Not published: this agent doesn’t identify itself with an Agent Card.
First seen
2026-09-28

Registrations

Reputation

Computed 2026-11-13

—No score yet
Confidence8%

A score shows from 30%

  • Identity40% of the score19 / 100

    0 verified sources

    A verified Agent Card adds 25 points, 40 if it is signed.

  • Reviews35% of the score–

    No reviews yet

    From the ERC-8004 reputation registry, weighted by who wrote them.

  • Observed25% of the score–

    Not enough sightings yet

    Counts once it is seen on 10 or more Double Agent sites.

Change history

No card history: this agent doesn’t publish an Agent Card.

With Double Agent

Sessions from PhindBot are labelled agent with agent_id: phind.phindbot, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to.

Install Double Agent

Source: https://github.com/monperrus/crawler-user-agents