RyeBot
recommended: observeAgentic checkout assistant that purchases products on behalf of end users with their explicit consent.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
ryebot
How to verify it's genuine
RyeBot signs its requests with Web Bot Auth. Botscope verifies the HTTP Message Signature against the operator's published key directory — a forged signature is flagged instantly. View the key directory ↗
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control RyeBot:
Allow full access
User-agent: ryebot
Allow: /
Block entirely
User-agent: ryebot
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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References
See RyeBot on your own site
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