Kernel
GoodBotVerifiedAGENTKernel is a browsers as a service platform that enables AI agents to browse the internet. Operated by Kernel.
What is Kernel?
Kernel is a web crawler operated by Kernel. Kernel is a browsers as a service platform that enables AI agents to browse the internet.
Identification
Why it crawls your site
Kernel crawls websites to collect and process web content. It is operated by Kernel as part of their web crawling infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow Kernel
Add a Disallow rule for 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 Kernel from crawling your entire site User-agent: Disallow: / # Allow Kernel full access User-agent: Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows . Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Kernel's documentation.
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