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title: "What is Google-Agent? Google's Bot Explained | Kitbase"
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# Google-Agent

by Google

AI answers AI UA + IP range

Fetches a page when a user asks an assistant to answer with fresh web context.

Google user-triggered fetcher used by AI or product experiences.

## What it usually means

A person asked an AI assistant a question, and the assistant fetched this URL to answer with fresh context or citations.

## How to identify it

User-Agent tokens

`google-agent`

robots.txt stanza

`User-agent: Google-Agent`

Free tools

[Verify a Google-Agent request](/tools/bot-verifier?ua=google-agent) [Check if your site allows Google-Agent](/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker)

## How it's verified

Published IP-range endpoints

-   [https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers.json](https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers.json)
-   [https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-agents.json](https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-agents.json)

Currently loaded ranges (sample) Refreshed Sep 4, 2026

`2404:f340:10:4000::/64``2404:f340:10:4001::/64``2404:f340:10:4002::/64``2404:f340:10:4003::/64``2404:f340:10:4004::/64``2404:f340:10:4005::/64``2404:f340:10:4006::/64``2404:f340:10:4007::/64``2404:f340:4010:4000::/64``2404:f340:4010:4001::/64`

2 IP sources configured

[Google's page for Google-Agent](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers)

## Sources

-   [Google crawler docs](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers)

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](/bot-directory/google-inspectiontool)[

Google-NotebookLM

Google fetcher associated with NotebookLM-style answer workflows.

](/bot-directory/google-notebooklm)[

Google-Read-Aloud

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](/bot-directory/google-read-aloud)[

GoogleAgent

Google user-triggered fetcher used by AI or product experiences.

](/bot-directory/googleagent)[

GoogleOther

Generic Google crawler used by product teams for public content fetches, including research and development.

](/bot-directory/googleother)[

Googlebot

Google's main crawler for Search indexing and discovery.

](/bot-directory/googlebot)[

Google-Extended

Robots token controlling whether Google may use crawled content for Gemini training and grounding; not a separate HTTP crawler.

](/bot-directory/google-extended)

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## See if Google-Agent has visited your site

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