What is Instinct?
Instinct is a personal AI agent that uses a phone and computer to complete everyday tasks such as ordering groceries, booking travel, arranging appointments, and communicating with businesses on behalf of users. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Instinct visits your website.
Category
| Operated By | Instinct |
| Source | Official Website |
| 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 Instinct Visiting My Website?
A user gave Instinct 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 Instinct?
Usually not. Instinct 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 Instinct.
Insights for Instinct
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
Instinct Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Instinct?
Instinct 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 Instinct Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. Instinct 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 Instinct Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Instinct is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Instinct Affect AI Search or Citations?
Blocking Instinct 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 Instinct Access Private Content?
Possibly, if a user grants access. Instinct 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 Instinct?
Agent Analytics tracks Instinct visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Instinct". Look for browser-like sessions that move through pages faster or more methodically than a typical person. Because Instinct does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.