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DuckAssistBot — AI Answer Crawler Guide

Read DuckDuckGo's guidance for the crawler that retrieves sources for AI-assisted search answers.

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Understanding AI answer retrieval separately from training
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Check the published crawler IP information and decide whether your public pages should be potential AI-answer sources.
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Public documentation or dashboard; no account needed to read
Cost
Free. Free public documentation. DuckDuckGo says this crawler's data is not used to train AI models; opting out does not change organic search rankings.
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Website
Source evidence
Official public source · checked 2026-10-01. This is a description review, not an execution or compatibility test.
Traffic and availability
Not monitored. Bot visits, citations, uptime and successful delivery have not been measured by this directory.

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