Unverified. We found no operator documentation that confirms what cohere-ai does or how it handles robots.txt. Fields below say "not stated" where the operator says nothing. What we checked: Cohere Docs: Cohere Web Crawlers, read October 29, 2026.
What is cohere-ai?
cohere-ai is Cohere's crawler whose purpose the operator does not state. The operator publishes nothing we could verify about its purpose. From the operator's wording: Cohere says it currently does not crawl to train generative models.
| Operator | Cohere |
|---|---|
| Purpose (operator wording) | not stated (Cohere says it currently does not crawl to train generative models) |
| robots.txt tokens | Coherebot, cohere-ai |
| User agent string | Not stated by the operator |
| Respects robots.txt | Not stated |
| IP ranges | Not stated by the operator |
| Last verified |
What else should I know about cohere-ai?
What is the cohere-ai user agent string?
Cohere does not publish a full user agent string for cohere-ai. The robots.txt token to use is Coherebot or cohere-ai.
How do I block cohere-ai in robots.txt?
Add this group to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. It asks cohere-ai to stay out of every page.
User-agent: Coherebot
Disallow: /Note: operator's own example token; no active Cohere bot is listed.
Does blocking cohere-ai affect AI answers?
Cohere does not say what blocking cohere-ai changes. That is not stated.
Does cohere-ai follow robots.txt?
Not stated. Cohere: 'It is Cohere's policy to require that crawlers be designed to respect robots.txt.' This is a general policy statement; no specific bot is listed.
Robots.txt is a request, not a lock (RFC 9309).
What IP addresses does cohere-ai use?
Not stated by the operator. Without a published list you cannot verify cohere-ai by address, so a rule at your server cannot rely on one.
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