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KimiBot
Collects content that may train Kimi foundation models.
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Kimi-SearchBot
Builds the index for Kimi search.
Operated by Moonshot AI
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HTTP identifierKimi-SearchBot
IdentityVerify beyond the name
THE SIGNAL
What this visit tells you
Search crawling shows retrieval preparation; it does not prove an answer cited your page.
Fetched pages
Failed retrievals
Repeat fetches
Your next move
Check intended search pages for successful responses and separately measure referrals.
The technical details
MarkdownHow to identify it
Look for the Kimi-SearchBot identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.
How to check identity
Match the source IP against the current Kimi-published list for this specific crawler, linked from its crawler policy.
Access and robots.txt
Kimi states that disallowing Kimi-SearchBot prevents your site from appearing in Kimi search results. Allowing it does not guarantee inclusion.
Optional full-site opt-out. Merge with existing rules only if intended. robots.txt does not secure private content.
User-agent: Kimi-SearchBot
Disallow: /Seeing 403 or 404 responses?
403 means access was denied; 404 means the resource was not found. Compare the public path, request time, edge security event and origin response to find the cause.
Separate intended restrictions and secret-file probes from pages that should work. A User-Agent name alone does not justify allowing a request.
SourcesReviewed 2026-09-14
Identity and purpose are based on these sources. Analytics interpretation and suggested checks are Apostl guidance.
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