Identification
Bot name
GitHub-Hookshot
Category
Webhooks
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified bot
Cloudflare slug
github-hookshot
User-agent patterns
GitHub-HookshotUser-agent string
GitHub-Hookshot/*
Block or allow GitHub-Hookshot
Block it
Add a Disallow rule for GitHub-Hookshot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block GitHub-Hookshot from crawling your entire site User-agent: GitHub-Hookshot Disallow: / # Allow GitHub-Hookshot full access User-agent: GitHub-Hookshot Allow: /
Allow & verify
Ensure your robots.txt allows GitHub-Hookshot. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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Last updated September 8, 2026
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