What is LinkupBot? AI crawler guide
LinkupBot is a crawler or fetcher associated with Linkup. See source-graded user-agent, robots.txt, verification, and observation guidance.
What is LinkupBot?
LinkupBot is a documented Linkup crawler or fetcher. Linkup's web crawler. It retrieves public pages to build the Linkup web search index, which powers search and web grounding for AI applications.
Evidence status
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Evidence | Officially documented |
| Lifecycle | Active |
| Purpose | search |
| robots.txt posture | honors |
| Source checked | 2026-09-17 |
Documented user-agent
LinkupBot/1.0 (LinkupBot for web indexing; https://www.linkup.so/bot; [email protected])
robots.txt allow example
User-agent: LinkupBot Allow: /
robots.txt block example
User-agent: LinkupBot Disallow: /
What the rule can and cannot do
Robots.txt expresses an access policy to compliant automated crawlers. It does not authenticate the sender, remove content already collected, or guarantee that a model will use or not use content.
How to verify a request
- Match the complete documented user-agent where one exists. A match is only a clue.
- Use the operator-published check: Published IP ranges.
- Keep the observed request, operator documentation, and any inference as separate fields.
JavaScript behavior
The cited operator material does not verify JavaScript rendering. Serve useful HTML before client-side JavaScript where possible.
Related bots
- ExaSearchBot: Another search index that AI applications and agents query.
- ShapBot: Another search index behind a web API for AI applications.
- Kagibot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- PerplexityBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- OAI-SearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- Claude-SearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- MistralAI-Index: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- AIWebIndex: Another index built for AI systems and developers.
- Robots.txt: Robots.txt is the control file used to allow or block LinkupBot.
- Grounding: LinkupBot builds an index used for web grounding in AI applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is LinkupBot?
LinkupBot is a officially documented crawler or fetcher record associated with Linkup.
What user-agent does LinkupBot use?
LinkupBot/1.0 (LinkupBot for web indexing; https://www.linkup.so/bot; [email protected]). Check the evidence status before attributing a matching request.
Can LinkupBot be blocked in robots.txt?
The record identifies LinkupBot as the token to review. Robots.txt is a request policy, not proof of model use or non-use.
How can I verify a LinkupBot request?
Start with the full user-agent, then use published ip ranges from the operator. A user-agent match alone is not proof.
Data & Sources
- Linkup documentation - Primary source for LinkupBot crawler details.
- LinkupBot verification: Published IP ranges - Linkup says to require both a source IP in this list and a user-agent containing LinkupBot.