Tavily

TavilyBot

Information-broker bot that fetches real-time web data to feed other AI agents via API.

Purpose: Real-time AI data retrieval for agents

Quick Facts

Company
Tavily
Respects robots.txt
Yes
Last Updated
2025-05
Official Documentation

📊 Popularity & Traffic

Acts as a cloud-based extension for AI agents to browse the web.

🤖 User Agent Strings

Use these patterns to identify TavilyBot in your server logs or configure your robots.txt file.

TavilyBot

Respects robots.txt

AI data broker crawler

TavilyBot

🌐 IP Ranges

Source: Tavily backend infrastructure

No specific IP ranges published. Identify this bot using the User Agent strings above.

📝 Robots.txt Configuration

Add the following to your robots.txt file to block TavilyBot:

User-agent: TavilyBot
Disallow: /

💡 Important Notes

  • Offers an 'optimizer' for AI search to reduce noise for LLM processing
  • Permission-based approach that emphasizes delivery while respecting site rules
  • Often used by developers to grant their custom GPTs real-time web access
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