Search Crawler
✓ GEO Recommendation: Keep Open
LinkupBot
Operated by Linkup · Powers Linkup search & grounding
LinkupBot crawls public web pages to build Linkup's search index, supporting AI search and grounding applications built on Linkup.
Owner
Linkup
Trigger
Automated indexing
Used for AI Training
Not officially documented
robots.txt control
Yes
Impact if blocked
May prevent content from being indexed and retrieved through Linkup.
How to identify
User-Agent: LinkupBot
What it does
LinkupBot crawls public web pages to build Linkup's search index, which powers AI search and grounding applications built on the Linkup platform.
Linkup recommends verifying both the LinkupBot User-Agent token and the source IP against Linkup's published CIDR ranges before trusting a request as genuine.
Why we recommend keeping it open
- Keeps your content indexable and retrievable through Linkup-powered AI search and grounding applications
- Linkup documents a dual verification method — User-Agent token plus published CIDR ranges
- Blocking it may prevent content from being indexed and retrieved through Linkup
Identification & robots.txt
User-Agent identifier
LinkupBot
Verification
Verify both the LinkupBot User-Agent token and source IP against Linkup's published CIDR ranges.
Robots.txt guidance — Allow rule
User-agent: LinkupBot
Allow: /