What is SalamandraVLM?

SalamandraVLM is a web crawler operated by Aithlas that downloads website content for AI vision-language model research. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Overview

Operated By Aithlas
Source Official Website
Expected To Follow Robots.txt Yes
Insights Last Updated August 11, 2026

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Category

AI Data Scraper
Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Expected Behavior

SalamandraVLM tends to make broad, high-volume sweeps that fetch far more pages per visit than a search crawler. Timing is unpredictable: traffic may remain heavy throughout a collection pass, then stop entirely.

How To Block SalamandraVLM With Robots.txt

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block SalamandraVLM from accessing your entire 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: SalamandraVLM # https://knownagents.com/agents/salamandravlm
Disallow: /

Global Statistics for SalamandraVLM

As of August 11, 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 Blocked Percentage

0%
0% of top websites are blocking SalamandraVLM
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Country of Origin

Unknown
SalamandraVLM has no known country of origin

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

0% of top websites block SalamandraVLM in their robots.txt files.

Overall AI Data Scraper Traffic

1.2% of all web traffic came from AI data scrapers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block SalamandraVLM?

Block SalamandraVLM 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. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for SalamandraVLM.


Does SalamandraVLM Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Yes. SalamandraVLM is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether SalamandraVLM respects it.


Does SalamandraVLM Access Private Content?

Not through legitimate access. SalamandraVLM 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.


Why Is SalamandraVLM Visiting My Website?

Your content matched the criteria Aithlas set for a training dataset. SalamandraVLM typically discovers pages through external links, sitemaps, and seed lists rather than because someone selected your site individually.


How Can I Tell if SalamandraVLM Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks SalamandraVLM visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "SalamandraVLM". Look for high page counts, short gaps between requests, and deep traversal through linked content. Because SalamandraVLM does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.