What is SpyglassesBot?
SpyglassesBot visits websites for Spyglasses to analyze how site content appears to AI assistants and search services, supporting visibility reporting. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when SpyglassesBot visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Spyglasses |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | October 22, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
SpyglassesBot usually performs comprehensive, link-following crawls rather than spot checks. Visit frequency may rise while a customer actively monitors your site or a related market.
How To Block SpyglassesBot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block SpyglassesBot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all SEO crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: SpyglassesBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/spyglassesbot
Disallow: /Insights for SpyglassesBot
As of October 22, 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
Should I Block SpyglassesBot?
Consider blocking SpyglassesBot only if you do not want your pages included in SEO databases. It does not influence how search engines rank you, and blocking it will not hide backlinks to your site because those are discovered on the linking sites. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for SpyglassesBot.
Does SpyglassesBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. SpyglassesBot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether SpyglassesBot respects it.
Does SpyglassesBot Access Private Content?
No. SpyglassesBot can reach only public pages, and authentication prevents it from accessing private content.
How Can I Tell if SpyglassesBot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks visits from SpyglassesBot and every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper, then authenticates each visit using SpyglassesBot's published verification method. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "SpyglassesBot". Look for comprehensive site crawls that follow internal links. A matching log entry alone is not proof because any bot can claim to be SpyglassesBot.
Why Is SpyglassesBot Visiting My Website?
Your domain appears in the ranking, backlink, or competitor data maintained by SpyglassesBot's operator. A customer may be tracking your site, one of your competitors, or a backlink that connects another site to yours.