DuckAssistBot
Retrieves pages to generate DuckAssist AI answers, with source citations.
| robots.txt token | DuckAssistBot |
| Respects robots.txt | Yes |
| Verification | Documented by DuckDuckGo |
| Our recommendation | Allow — Cites and links sources — one of the fairer AI consumers of your content. |
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