What is Kimi-User?

Kimi-User is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that fetches web content on behalf of users interacting with Kimi. When a user asks Kimi to summarize an article or answer a question requiring live web retrieval, this bot visits the relevant pages to gather that information. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Kimi-User visits your website.

Category

AI Assistant
Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

Overview

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Example User Agent Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; Kimi-User/1.0; +https://www.kimi.com/policies/kimi-crawlers
Operated By Moonshot AI
Source Official Website
Identity
Verified
Verified Identification
Requests claiming to be this agent can be authenticated using its published verification method.
Triggered By User action
Used for AI Model Training Not expected
Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility Yes
Expected To Follow Robots.txt Yes

Why Is Kimi-User Visiting My Website?

A user asked Moonshot AI's assistant a question your page could help answer. Kimi-User retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.

Should I Block Kimi-User?

Usually not. Blocking Kimi-User can keep your pages out of AI-generated answers and eliminate potential citation traffic. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 8% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Kimi-User.

How Do I Block Kimi-User Using Robots.txt?

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Kimi-User from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI assistants at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.

User-agent: Kimi-User # https://knownagents.com/agents/kimi-user
Disallow: /

Insights for Kimi-User

As of October 28, 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

Not enough activity

Country of Origin

Belgium
Kimi-User traffic often comes from Belgium

Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

8%
8% of top websites are blocking Kimi-User
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Top Visited Website Categories

Not enough activity

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

8% of top websites block Kimi-User in their robots.txts.

Kimi-User Traffic

Not enough activity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Kimi-User?

Kimi-User makes isolated, on-demand requests rather than crawling your site. Traffic follows user demand, ranging from sporadic fetches to steady visits for a popular assistant.

Does Kimi-User Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Kimi-User 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 Kimi-User respects it.

Is Kimi-User Used for AI Model Training?

Not ordinarily. Kimi-User is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.

Does Blocking Kimi-User Affect AI Search or Citations?

Yes, for requests handled by Kimi-User. Blocking it can prevent the assistant from retrieving your pages for an answer or linking to them, but a separate crawler may control automatic AI search indexing.

Does Kimi-User Access Private Content?

Not ordinarily. Kimi-User fetches pages as an anonymous visitor without a stored login. Content protected by a paywall or login remains out of reach.

How Can I Verify a Request From Kimi-User?

Agent Analytics tracks visits from Kimi-User and every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper, then authenticates each visit using Kimi-User's published verification method. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Kimi-User". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. A matching log entry alone is not proof because any bot can claim to be Kimi-User.

How Is Kimi-User Different From Other Moonshot AI Agents?

Moonshot AI operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.

  • Kimi-Agent: Kimi-Agent is a browser-enabled AI agent operated by Moonshot AI that browses websites while carrying out user-directed research and other tasks.
  • KimiBot: KimiBot is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that collects public web content used to train Kimi models.
  • KimiCrawler: KimiCrawler is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that downloads website content for Kimi and related Moonshot AI services.
  • MoonshotBot: MoonshotBot is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that downloads website content for Kimi and related Moonshot AI services.
  • MoonSpider: MoonSpider is a web crawler operated by Moonshot AI that downloads website content for AI model training and research.