Timpibot: user agent, purpose, and whether to allow it
Timpibot collects web content for the Timpi decentralised search dataset.
Specification
| Operator | Timpi |
|---|---|
| Purpose | DatasetCollects content into a public dataset that many model builders draw from. Blocking it has broad downstream effect and no direct citation cost. |
| Agent kind | CrawlerAutonomous crawler. Appears in your logs under its own user-agent. |
| User agent | Not documented by Timpi. Kymo matches this agent on the token Timpibot, observed in real logs rather than published in operator documentation. |
| robots.txt token | Timpibot |
| robots.txt compliance | No operator statement located |
| Verification | No published method, user agent is the only signal |
| Sends referral traffic | No |
| Attaches a citation | No |
| Status | Active |
| Legacy Kymo category | training |
| Source | Observed in real logs, no operator documentation locatedTimpi publishes no crawler documentation that Kymo could locate. Everything on this page comes from observed traffic, not from a vendor page. |
| Verified on |
What blocking it costs you
Blocking it removes your content from the Timpi dataset. Low request volume on most sites, and no direct citation surface.
robots.txt directives
Both blocks below address Timpibot only. Rules for one token never apply to another, even from the same operator.
Allow Timpibot
User-agent: Timpibot Allow: /
Block Timpibot
User-agent: Timpibot Disallow: /
Questions
What is the Timpibot user agent?
Timpi documents the robots.txt token Timpibot but does not publish a full user-agent string for it. Kymo records this agent from observation rather than from documentation.
Does Timpibot respect robots.txt?
No operator statement located
What does blocking Timpibot cost me?
Blocking it removes your content from the Timpi dataset. Low request volume on most sites, and no direct citation surface.
Related crawlers
All AI crawlers and control tokens
See this bot in your own logs
Kymo classifies every crawler hit server-side using this registry, so Timpibot shows up under Timpi with its purpose attached. Read how crawler detection works, or run a free free AI visibility check to see what each crawler currently gets back from your server. No account needed for the check.