What is MoonshotBot?
MoonshotBot is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that downloads website content for Kimi and related Moonshot AI services. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when MoonshotBot visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MoonshotBot/1.0; +https://kimi.ai/) |
| Operated By | Moonshot AI |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Yes |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is MoonshotBot Visiting My Website?
Your content matched the criteria Moonshot AI set for a training dataset. MoonshotBot typically discovers pages through external links, sitemaps, and seed lists rather than because someone selected your site individually.
Should I Block MoonshotBot?
Block MoonshotBot if you want more control over whether your work is used for AI training. Allowing it may increase the chance that your brand appears in AI-generated answers, but either choice leaves traditional search rankings unchanged. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for MoonshotBot.
How Do I Block MoonshotBot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block MoonshotBot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI data scrapers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: MoonshotBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/moonshotbot
Disallow: /Insights for MoonshotBot
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From MoonshotBot?
MoonshotBot tends to make broad, high-volume sweeps across many pages. Timing is unpredictable: traffic may remain heavy throughout a collection pass, then stop entirely.
Does MoonshotBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
MoonshotBot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether MoonshotBot respects it.
Is MoonshotBot Used for AI Model Training?
Yes. MoonshotBot collects web content for use in AI training datasets. Blocking it limits future collection but cannot remove content that was collected previously.
Does Blocking MoonshotBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. Blocking MoonshotBot limits collection for AI training rather than controlling a live AI search index or citation system.
Does MoonshotBot Access Private Content?
Not through legitimate access. MoonshotBot primarily targets public content, but some training-data scrapers also attempt to collect gated or paywalled pages. If content loads without authentication, assume it can be collected.
How Can I Verify a Request From MoonshotBot?
Agent Analytics tracks MoonshotBot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "MoonshotBot". Look for high page counts, short gaps between requests, and deep traversal through linked content. Because MoonshotBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is MoonshotBot Different From Other Moonshot AI Agents?
Moonshot AI operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
- Kimi-Agent: Kimi-Agent is a browser-enabled AI agent operated by Moonshot AI that browses websites while carrying out user-directed research and other tasks.
- Kimi-User: Kimi-User is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that fetches web content on behalf of users interacting with Kimi. When a user asks Kimi to summarize an article or ans…
- KimiBot: KimiBot is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that collects public web content used to train Kimi models.
- KimiCrawler: KimiCrawler is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that downloads website content for Kimi and related Moonshot AI services.
- MoonSpider: MoonSpider is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that downloads website content for AI model training and research.