Kimi-SearchBot
by Moonshot AI
AI indexing
AI
UA + IP range
Builds the index an AI assistant searches when it needs to find and cite a source.
Moonshot AI crawler that builds the index behind Kimi's web answers.
What it usually means
Moonshot AI is indexing this page so Kimi can cite it.
How to identify it
User-Agent tokens
kimi-searchbot robots.txt stanza
User-agent: Kimi-SearchBot How it's verified
Published IP-range endpoints
Currently loaded ranges (sample) Refreshed Jul 20, 2026
47.79.253.42/3247.79.253.91/3247.79.225.241/3247.79.230.254/32 1 IP source configured
Sources
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