Timpibot

What is Timpibot?

About

Timpibot is used by Timpi's decentralized network of independent node operators. The index they build can be used to train LLMs (Large Language Models). You can see how often Timpibot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.

Agent Type

AI Data Scraper
Downloads web content to train AI models

Expected Behavior

AI data scrapers systematically crawl websites to collect training data for machine learning models. Unlike search engine crawlers that index for retrieval, these scrapers download content specifically for model training. Their crawling patterns are typically opaque. Operators rarely disclose site selection, frequency, or priorities. Scrapers may crawl more aggressively than traditional search engines, and the collected data becomes part of training datasets with limited transparency about attribution or usage.

Detail

Operated By Timpi
Last Updated 10 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

8%
8% of top websites are blocking Timpibot
Learn How →

Country of Origin

United States
Timpibot normally visits from the United States

Global Traffic

The percentage of all internet traffic coming from AI Data Scrapers

Top Visited Website Categories

People and Society
Hobbies and Leisure
Business and Industrial
News
Home and Garden
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
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Robots.txt

Should I Block Timpibot?

It's up to you. AI data scrapers usually download publicly available internet content, which is freely accessible by default. However, you might want to block them if you're concerned about attribution or how your creative work could be used in the resulting AI model.

How Do I Block Timpibot?

You can block Timpibot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics to check whether it's actually following them.

How Do I Block All AI Data Scrapers?
Serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new AI data scrapers automatically.
User Agent String Timpibot/0.9 (+http://www.timpi.io)
# In your robots.txt ...

User-agent: Timpibot # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/timpibot
Disallow: /

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Editing Is Not Scalable

New agents are created every day. We recommend setting up Dark Visitors Automatic Robots.txt if you want to block all agents of this type.