What is AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval?
Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval is operated by Ai2, a non-profit AI research institute. It's used to collect and scan resources used in deep research queries performed by Ai2's open source AI models. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Ai2 |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 10, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval fetches one page at a time, the moment someone asks a question it can answer, so it never crawls your site. How much you see depends on how many people use AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval and how often they ask about what your site covers. A popular assistant can hit you steadily, while a single user or a niche one stays quiet between occasional spikes.
AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval's User Agent
| User Agent | AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval |
How To Block AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI assistants at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval # https://knownagents.com/agents/ai2bot-deepresearcheval
Disallow: /AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval Global Insights
As of July 10, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
2% of top websites block AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Assistant Traffic
1.2% of all web traffic came from AI assistants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval?
Probably not. AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval fetches a page when someone asks a question it can answer, and the response cites and links to your site. Blocking it removes you from those answers without improving your Google rankings, because assistants play no part in traditional search indexing. For comparison, 2% of the top websites we track already have robots.txt rules for AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval.
Does AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval Respect Robots.txt?
Yes. AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval is expected to honor robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval actually honors it.
Does AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval Access Private Content?
It has no way in. AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval fetches pages the way an anonymous visitor loads a URL, with no stored logins. Anything behind a paywall or a login stays out of its reach.
Why Is AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval Visiting My Website?
Someone asked Ai2's assistant a question your page can help answer. AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval retrieved the page in that moment to ground the answer, usually with a citation linking back to you.
How Can I Tell if AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval". Look for fetches of individual pages that do not follow a crawl pattern. Keep in mind that AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.