DuckDuckGo bots

2 bots in the directory · Reviewed July 2026

DuckDuckGo runs DuckDuckBot for its search index and DuckAssistBot for DuckAssist, its AI-assisted answers. Both are documented with published IP addresses for verification.

DuckAssistBot

Retrieves page content used to generate DuckAssist AI answers on DuckDuckGo.

AI AssistantRespects robots.txt

DuckDuckBot

DuckDuckGo's crawler for its search index and instant answers.

Search EngineRespects robots.txt

Control every DuckDuckGo bot at once

robots.txt lets one rule group target multiple user-agents. These snippets cover all 2 DuckDuckGo tokens in this directory. For finer control, set rules per bot on each bot's page.

Allow all DuckDuckGo bots

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

Block all DuckDuckGo bots

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Disallow: /

Careful: this group includes a search engine crawler. Blocking it removes you from traditional search rankings and the AI answers built on that index, not just AI features.

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