xAI-SearchBot
by xAI
Fetches a page when a user asks an assistant to answer with fresh web context.
User-triggered fetches when Grok answers a person's question.
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
xai-searchbot User-agent: xAI-SearchBot Sources
More from xAI
xAI fetcher used by Grok's DeepSearch to gather sources for an answer.
xAI-Web-Crawler is an AI-related crawler operated by xAI.
xAI-Grok is an AI-related crawler operated by xAI.
GrokBot is an AI-related crawler operated by xAI.
xAI-Bot is an AI-related crawler operated by xAI.
Grok is an AI-related crawler operated by xAI.
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