What is Trae?
Trae is an AI-powered coding agent developed by ByteDance that can understand codebases, fetch web content, and generate code. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | ByteDance |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Trae typically makes several requests within seconds. A single developer leaves quiet gaps, while overlapping sessions can produce steady traffic. Activity comes in short, targeted sessions rather than broad site-wide crawls.
Trae's User Agent
| User Agent | Trae-Agent |
How To Block Trae With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Trae from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI coding agents at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Trae # https://knownagents.com/agents/trae
Disallow: /
Global Statistics for Trae
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
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block Trae in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Coding Agent Traffic
0.0% of all web traffic came from AI coding agents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Trae?
Allow Trae if developers rely on your documentation or technical content. Blocking it can make your product harder to build with but does not affect traditional search rankings. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Trae.
Does Trae Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Trae 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 Trae respects it.
Does Trae Access Private Content?
Not unless a developer explicitly provides credentials. Trae otherwise reads only public documentation, references, and code examples.
Why Is Trae Visiting My Website?
A developer is working with a product or technology you document. Trae retrieved your documentation, API reference, or examples because they were relevant to the code being written.
How Can I Tell if Trae Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Trae 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 "Trae". Look for clustered requests across documentation, API reference, and code example pages. Because Trae does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.