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What is Timpibot?

Timpibot is a crawler attributed to Timpi that trackers associate with AI training and a decentralised search index.

AI trainingNot documentedNo way to verify
Operator
Timpi
Purpose
AI training. Collects pages to train AI models. Blocking it does not remove you from AI answers.Timpi does not document it. The purpose comes from third-party trackers, which disagree.
robots.txt token
Timpibot
Sample user agent
Not documented by the operator. Trackers report different strings (Timpibot/0.9 and Timpibot/1.0); match on the token only.User agents change with versions. Match on the token, not the full string.
Follows robots.txt
Not documented by the operator. Timpi publishes no crawler documentation, and reports disagree.
How to verify
Timpi doesn't publish a way to verify it.
Sources
Timpi publishes no documentation for it.
Last reviewed

Allow or block Timpibot

Block Timpibot
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

Asks Timpibot not to crawl any page. Well-behaved crawlers stop; it does not stop anyone who ignores robots.txt.

Allow Timpibot
User-agent: Timpibot
Allow: /

Lets Timpibot crawl everything. You only need this if a broader rule would otherwise block it.

Should you block it?

Blocking Timpibot asks Timpi not to use new crawls of your pages for training. It doesn't remove you from AI answers.

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Timpibot can't be verified

Timpi doesn't publish IP ranges, DNS names or signatures for Timpibot. The user agent is the only signal, and anyone can copy it, so treat a request that claims to be Timpibot as unproven.

Questions about Timpibot

Is Timpibot safe to allow?

Timpibot reads public pages; it does not log in or submit forms. Whether to allow it is about how your content is used, not security.

How do I know a request is really Timpibot?

You can't, from the request alone. Timpi doesn't publish IP ranges, DNS names or signatures for it, so the user agent is the only signal, and anyone can copy that.

How often does Timpibot visit?

It depends on your site; Timpi doesn't publish a schedule. Referscope shows the real visits.

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