DuckAssistBot
Powers DuckAssist, DuckDuckGo's AI answer feature. Privacy-focused and robots.txt compliant.
| Operator | DuckDuckGo |
|---|---|
| Powers | DuckAssist AI-generated answers |
| Purpose | Search & answers |
| User-agent token | DuckAssistBot |
| Respects robots.txt | Yes |
DuckAssistBot supports DuckAssist, the AI-generated answer feature within DuckDuckGo, fetching content to summarize in response to user queries.
Consistent with DuckDuckGo's privacy positioning, DuckAssistBot publishes its user-agent and respects robots.txt directives.
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