What is AndiAgent?
AndiAgent is the web crawler for Andi and indexes public web content for its AI search engine. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when AndiAgent visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | Andi-AgentSurfaceProbe/1.0 (compatible; AndiAgent/1.0; +http://andisearch.com/bot) |
| Operated By | Andi |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Yes |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is AndiAgent Visiting My Website?
AndiAgent is updating an AI search index so your pages can appear in its results. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or mentions of your domain.
Should I Block AndiAgent?
Usually not. Blocking AndiAgent keeps your pages out of its AI search results and can eliminate referral traffic from that channel. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 8% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for AndiAgent.
How Do I Block AndiAgent Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block AndiAgent from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI search crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: AndiAgent # https://knownagents.com/agents/andiagent
Disallow: /Insights for AndiAgent
As of November 9, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From AndiAgent?
AndiAgent revisits your site on a flexible schedule, often requesting several pages in a burst. Activity usually increases when your content changes or its index refreshes, with quiet intervals between crawl passes.
Does AndiAgent Follow Robots.txt Rules?
AndiAgent is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether AndiAgent respects it.
Is AndiAgent Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. AndiAgent is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking AndiAgent Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes. Blocking AndiAgent can keep your pages out of the AI search index it supplies, reducing their eligibility to appear or be cited in that product's answers.
Does AndiAgent Access Private Content?
No special access. AndiAgent can reach only content available to anonymous visitors. Make sure staging sites and other sensitive areas require authentication.
How Can I Verify a Request From AndiAgent?
Agent Analytics tracks AndiAgent visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "AndiAgent". Look for bursts that follow links across several pages and recur over time. Because AndiAgent does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.