What is UseAI?
UseAI is a web crawler associated with Use AI, a platform that provides an AI workspace where users can chat with AI models, research the web, and perform various tasks. This bot crawls web content to gather information for research capabilities within the Use AI platform. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when UseAI visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; UseAI/1.0; +https://agents.urls.use.ai) AppleWebKit/537.36 |
| Operated By | Use AI |
| 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 UseAI Visiting My Website?
A user asked Use AI's assistant a question your page could help answer. UseAI retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.
Should I Block UseAI?
Usually not. Blocking UseAI 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 UseAI.
How Do I Block UseAI Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block UseAI 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: UseAI # https://knownagents.com/agents/useai
Disallow: /Insights for UseAI
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From UseAI?
UseAI 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 UseAI Follow Robots.txt Rules?
UseAI 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 UseAI respects it.
Is UseAI Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. UseAI is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking UseAI Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes, for requests handled by UseAI. 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 UseAI Access Private Content?
Not ordinarily. UseAI 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 UseAI?
Agent Analytics tracks UseAI visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "UseAI". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. Because UseAI does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.