What is Timpibot?
Timpibot is used by Timpi's decentralized network of independent node operators. The index they build can be used to train LLMs (Large Language Models). Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Timpi |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 10, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Timpibot crawls websites to build AI training datasets, and its operator decides which sites, how often, and how deep it goes. Expect broad sweeps that fetch far more pages per visit than a search crawler would, on an unpredictable schedule. Volume can run heavy while a collection pass is underway, then stop entirely.
Timpibot's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Timpibot/0.8; +http://www.timpi.io) |
How To Block Timpibot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Timpibot from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI data scrapers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Timpibot # https://knownagents.com/agents/timpibot
Disallow: /Timpibot 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
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
9% of top websites block Timpibot in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Data Scraper Traffic
2.7% of all web traffic came from AI data scrapers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by Timpibot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Timpibot?
Block it if you want control over how your work trains AI models. Timpibot downloads your content into training datasets without attribution, compensation, or any promise of traffic back. The case for allowing it is reach, because models trained on your content can surface your brand in AI answers. Neither choice changes your Google rankings. For comparison, 9% of the top websites we track already have robots.txt rules for Timpibot.
Does Timpibot Respect Robots.txt?
Yes. Timpibot 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 Timpibot actually honors it.
Does Timpibot Access Private Content?
Timpibot targets public content, but the boundary is not always respected. Some training data scrapers go after paywalled or gated pages when the operator wants that data. If a page loads without signing in, assume it can be collected.
Why Is Timpibot Visiting My Website?
Your content matched what Timpi wants in a training dataset. Timpibot discovers pages mechanically, through links from other sites, sitemaps, and seed lists, not because anyone chose your site personally.
How Can I Tell if Timpibot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Timpibot 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 "Timpibot". Look for broad sweeps that fetch large numbers of pages in sequence. Keep in mind that Timpibot 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.