What is Kimi-SearchBot? AI crawler guide
Kimi-SearchBot is a crawler or fetcher associated with Moonshot AI. See source-graded user-agent, robots.txt, verification, and observation guidance.
What is Kimi-SearchBot?
Kimi-SearchBot is a documented Moonshot AI crawler or fetcher. Moonshot AI search crawler that indexes pages so they can be retrieved and cited in Kimi answers.
Evidence status
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Evidence | Officially documented |
| Lifecycle | Active |
| Purpose | search |
| robots.txt posture | honors |
| Source checked | 2026-08-11 |
Documented user-agent
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; Kimi-SearchBot/1.0; +https://www.kimi.com/policies/kimi-crawlers
robots.txt allow example
User-agent: Kimi-SearchBot Allow: /
robots.txt block example
User-agent: Kimi-SearchBot 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.
- Use the operator-published check: Published IP ranges.
- 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
- Amzn-SearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- OAI-SearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- PerplexityBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- MistralAI-Index: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- Kagibot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- xAI-SearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- YouBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- ExaSearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- Claude-SearchBot: Also tracked as a search crawler.
- Robots.txt: Robots.txt is the control file used to allow or block Kimi-SearchBot.
- AI Crawlers: Kimi-SearchBot is a concrete crawler example for this concept.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Kimi-SearchBot?
Kimi-SearchBot is a officially documented crawler or fetcher record associated with Moonshot AI.
What user-agent does Kimi-SearchBot use?
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; Kimi-SearchBot/1.0; +https://www.kimi.com/policies/kimi-crawlers. Check the evidence status before attributing a matching request.
Can Kimi-SearchBot be blocked in robots.txt?
The record identifies Kimi-SearchBot as the token to review. Robots.txt is a request policy, not proof of model use or non-use.
How can I verify a Kimi-SearchBot request?
Start with the full user-agent, then use published ip ranges from the operator. A user-agent match alone is not proof.
Data & Sources
- Moonshot AI documentation - Primary source for Kimi-SearchBot crawler details.
- Kimi-SearchBot verification: Published IP ranges - Verification information published for Kimi-SearchBot.