Directory Crawlers

YandexAdditional Bot

Trains AI models. Operated by yandex.

Identity: Verifiable by reverse DNS.

How to recognise it

  • Reverse DNS ends in yandex.ru, yandex.net, yandex.com (then forward-confirm)

With Double Agent

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

Source: https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt