What is Liner-User?
Liner-User fetches web content for Liner to answer user questions with cited information. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Liner-User visits your website.
Category
| Operated By | Liner |
| Source | Official Website |
| 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 Liner-User Visiting My Website?
A user asked Liner's assistant a question your page could help answer. Liner-User retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.
Should I Block Liner-User?
Usually not. Blocking Liner-User can keep your pages out of AI-generated answers and eliminate potential citation traffic. It does not improve traditional search rankings. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Liner-User.
How Do I Block Liner-User Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Liner-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: Liner-User # https://knownagents.com/agents/liner-user
Disallow: /Insights for Liner-User
As of November 10, 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
Country of Origin
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Liner-User Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Liner-User?
Liner-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 Liner-User Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Liner-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 Liner-User respects it.
Is Liner-User Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Liner-User is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Liner-User Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes, for requests handled by Liner-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 Liner-User Access Private Content?
Not ordinarily. Liner-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 Liner-User?
Agent Analytics tracks Liner-User visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Liner-User". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. Because Liner-User does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is Liner-User Different From Other Liner Agents?
Liner operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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