What is bedrockbot? AI crawler guide
bedrockbot is a crawler or fetcher associated with Amazon. See source-graded user-agent, robots.txt, verification, and observation guidance.
What is bedrockbot?
bedrockbot is a documented Amazon crawler or fetcher. Amazon Bedrock web crawler connector token for customer-configured AI applications.
Evidence status
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Evidence | Officially documented |
| Lifecycle | Active |
| Purpose | other |
| robots.txt posture | honors |
| Source checked | 2026-06-11 |
Documented user-agent
bedrockbot
Allowing bedrockbot only creates the possibility of retrieval. To find out whether your pages are selected, measure which answer engines actually cite your pages using a stable query set.
robots.txt allow example
User-agent: bedrockbot Allow: /
robots.txt block example
User-agent: bedrockbot Disallow: /
What the rule can and cannot do
Robots.txt expresses an access policy to compliant automated crawlers. It does not authenticate the sender, remove content already collected, or guarantee that a model will use or not use content.
How to verify a request
- Match the complete documented user-agent where one exists. A match is only a clue.
- Look for operator-published IP ranges, reverse DNS, or signed-request guidance. None is attached to this record.
- Keep the observed request, operator documentation, and any inference as separate fields.
JavaScript behavior
The cited operator material does not verify JavaScript rendering. Serve useful HTML before client-side JavaScript where possible.
Related bots
- Google-CloudVertexBot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Google-Firebase: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Scrapy: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Amazonbot: Another Amazon general crawler to compare.
- GoogleOther-Image: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- GoogleOther-Video: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- FirecrawlAgent: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Brightbot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- ApifyBot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Robots.txt: Robots.txt is the control file used to allow or block bedrockbot.
- Alexa: bedrockbot gives crawler context for Alexa.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is bedrockbot?
bedrockbot is a officially documented crawler or fetcher record associated with Amazon.
What user-agent does bedrockbot use?
bedrockbot. Check the evidence status before attributing a matching request.
Can bedrockbot be blocked in robots.txt?
The record identifies bedrockbot as the token to review. Robots.txt is a request policy, not proof of model use or non-use.
How can I verify a bedrockbot request?
Treat the user-agent as a clue and look for operator-published IP, reverse-DNS, or signature guidance.
Data & Sources
- Amazon documentation - Primary source for bedrockbot crawler details.