# DuckAssistBot

> DuckDuckGo · inference

_The AI Crawler Registry · /crawlers/duckassistbot · [JSON](/api/crawlers/duckassistbot) · [all The AI Crawler Registry](/crawlers)_

- **name:** DuckAssistBot
- **operator:** DuckDuckGo
- **purpose:** inference
- **ua_substring:** DuckAssistBot
- **robots_token:** DuckAssistBot
- **respects_robots:** yes
- **verify:** DuckDuckGo publishes bot details; confirm against those
- **notes:** Fetches content for DuckDuckGo's AI assist answers.
- **canonical_name:** DuckAssistBot
- **user_agent_token:** DuckAssistBot
- **ua_full:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **bot_type:** user-action-fetcher
- **bot_type_extension:** —
- **opt_out_mechanism:** robots.txt disallow (User-agent: DuckAssistBot)
- **published_ip_range_url:** https://duckduckgo.com/duckassistbot.json
- **asn:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **reverse_dns_suffix:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **supports_web_bot_auth:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **signature_agent_domain:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **jwks_url:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **verification_methods:** published-IP-range
- **crawl_traffic_share:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **targeted_content_type:** HTML, text
- **documentation_url:** https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/duckassistbot
- **first_seen_date:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **last_verified_date:** 2026-06-15
- **block_vs_allow_recommendation:** allow (default) — fetches content for DuckAssist AI answers that can surface and link your page; respects robots.txt.
- **citation_referral_value:** medium (powers DuckAssist answers; can surface your content)
- **cloudflare_verified_category:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **status:** active
- **triples:** ["DuckAssistBot","operated_by","DuckDuckGo"], ["DuckAssistBot","has_bot_type","user-action-fetcher"], ["DuckAssistBot","verified_via","published-IP-range"]
- **attribute_sources:** {"claims":["robots_token","documentation_url","respects_robots"],"source":"https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/duckassistbot","last_verified":"2026-06-15"}