What is HarkBot?
HarkBot visits web pages on behalf of signed-in Hark users as Hark carries out research, form-filling, and account actions. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when HarkBot visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | HarkBot/1.0 |
| Operated By | Hark |
| Source | Official Website |
| Identity |
Verified
Verified Identification
Requests claiming to be this agent can be authenticated using its published verification method. |
| Triggered By | User action |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Possibly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
Why Is HarkBot Visiting My Website?
A user gave HarkBot a task that your site may help complete, such as researching a product, comparing options, or filling out a form. It likely reached your site through links or search results, much like a person would.
Should I Block HarkBot?
Usually not. HarkBot browses on behalf of a person trying to read, compare, or buy something on your site. Blocking it may prevent that person from completing the task and send them elsewhere. It does not affect traditional search rankings. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for HarkBot.
Insights for HarkBot
As of November 9, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
HarkBot Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From HarkBot?
HarkBot operates a real browser, loading pages, running JavaScript, setting cookies, and navigating multi-step flows much like a person would. Because its route reflects the task it was given rather than a fixed crawl order, visits may look irregular. A session may pause while the agent processes a page, then continue somewhere unexpected.
Does HarkBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. HarkBot is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only communicates your preference. Use Bad Bot Blocking to reject its requests, then use Agent Analytics to verify that they stop.
Is HarkBot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. HarkBot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking HarkBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Blocking HarkBot can prevent people using the agent from accessing or acting on your website. It does not directly control whether your pages appear in an AI search index.
Does HarkBot Access Private Content?
Possibly, if a user grants access. HarkBot operates a real browser session, so when someone signs in through it, the agent can see anything available to that account. Without credentials, it can reach only what an anonymous visitor can.
How Can I Verify a Request From HarkBot?
Agent Analytics tracks visits from HarkBot and every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper, then authenticates each visit using HarkBot's published verification method. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "HarkBot". Look for browser-like sessions that move through pages faster or more methodically than a typical person. A matching log entry alone is not proof because any bot can claim to be HarkBot.