WellKnownBot
What is WellKnownBot?
About
WellKnownBot is a developer helper operated by Well-Known. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.
You can set up agent analytics to see when WellKnownBot visits your website.
Detail
Operator | Well-Known |
Documentation | https://well-known.dev/about/ |
Type
Expected Behavior
Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.
Insights
WellKnownBot Visiting Your Website
Other Websites
Access Control
Should I Block WellKnownBot?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
Using Robots.txt
You can block WellKnownBot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. We recommend setting up agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
User Agent Token | Description |
---|---|
WellKnownBot |
Should match instances of WellKnownBot |
# robots.txt
# This should block WellKnownBot
User-agent: WellKnownBot
Disallow: /