What is cohere-ai?
cohere-ai is an unconfirmed agent possibly dispatched by Cohere's AI chat products in response to user prompts when it needs to retrieve content on the internet. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when cohere-ai visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; cohere-ai; +https://cohere.com/crawler) |
| Operated By | Cohere |
| Triggered By | Unknown |
| Used for AI Model Training | Unknown |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Unknown |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is cohere-ai Visiting My Website?
Cohere has not disclosed why it visits. Possibilities include training-data collection, index building, or an unannounced experiment. Its request pattern is the best available clue to its purpose.
Should I Block cohere-ai?
Be cautious. Cohere has not stated why cohere-ai visits, so any benefit is difficult to weigh against the cost. Block it if the traffic is excessive or targets content you do not want collected. Doing so does not affect traditional search rankings. For context, 19% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for cohere-ai.
How Do I Block cohere-ai Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block cohere-ai from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all undocumented AI agents at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: cohere-ai # https://knownagents.com/agents/cohere-ai
Disallow: /Insights for cohere-ai
As of October 30, 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From cohere-ai?
cohere-ai has no reliable traffic profile. Its crawl rate and targeting may change without notice, so the patterns recorded in Agent Analytics are the best guide to its behavior.
Does cohere-ai Follow Robots.txt Rules?
cohere-ai 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 cohere-ai respects it.
Is cohere-ai Used for AI Model Training?
Unknown. cohere-ai's operator has not documented enough about its purpose to determine whether collected content is used for AI model training.
Does Blocking cohere-ai Affect AI Search or Citations?
Unknown. cohere-ai's role is not documented well enough to determine whether blocking it affects AI search results or citations.
Does cohere-ai Access Private Content?
Unknown. No access boundaries have been published for cohere-ai. Assume it can read anything publicly reachable, and make sure sensitive areas require authentication.
How Can I Verify a Request From cohere-ai?
Agent Analytics tracks cohere-ai visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "cohere-ai". Compare its volume and targets over time; sudden changes may reveal a shift in purpose. Because cohere-ai does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is cohere-ai Different From Other Cohere Agents?
Cohere operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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