Short answer
Perplexity-User is Perplexity's user agent for user-triggered fetches of individual pages.
AI crawler guide
Perplexity-User: set robots.txt correctly
Perplexity-User is Perplexity's user agent for user-triggered fetches of individual pages.
Crawler facts
Facts about Perplexity-User
User-agent token
Perplexity-User
Operator
Perplexity
KI-Console group
Live fetches
Usually appears when a user-triggered AI fetch or citation path reaches the page.
robots.txt
Limited for user-triggered fetches
Documentation
Open source documentationWhat is Perplexity-User?
Perplexity-User is used when a Perplexity answer needs to fetch a specific web page in response to a user request. It is separate from PerplexityBot for search and indexing.
Purpose and SEO meaning
The KI-Console group is live fetch. A visit can be a strong signal of concrete demand or possible citation.
Visibility and privacy note
Blocking Perplexity-User can reduce how systems from Perplexity see, index, train on, or retrieve your public content. Allowing it improves technical access, but it never guarantees crawling, ranking, citation, or a positive AI answer.
Perplexity describes Perplexity-User as user-triggered and notes different robots.txt behavior. The robots.txt rule still documents a clear public policy.
robots.txt for Perplexity-User
Use the exact token Perplexity-User in your robots.txt. Keep private paths blocked separately if only part of the site should be available.
Allow :bot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /Block :bot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /Straight answers
What skeptical website owners usually ask first
KI-Console does not sell magic visibility. It makes your website more readable for AI systems and shows evidence where it can.
What is Perplexity-User?
Perplexity-User is a crawler or robots.txt control token operated by Perplexity. The facts above show its purpose, robots.txt behavior, and exact allow or block rules.
How do I block Perplexity-User in robots.txt?
Use User-agent: Perplexity-User and Disallow: /. robots.txt is a directive for compliant crawlers, not a technical access barrier.
Does blocking Perplexity-User reduce AI visibility?
It can reduce visibility in systems from Perplexity if those systems can no longer crawl, index, train on, or retrieve your content. The effect depends on the bot type and product.
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