Slackbot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTSlack's multi-purpose bot for service integration and webhook notifications. Operated by Slack.
What is Slackbot?
Slackbot is a web crawler operated by Slack. Slack's multi-purpose bot for service integration and webhook notifications.
Identification
Slackbot 1.0How we rated this bot
Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.
What we read
Why it crawls your site
Slackbot crawls websites to deliver webhook payloads and verify endpoints. It is operated by Slack as part of their webhook delivery infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow Slackbot
Add a Disallow rule for Slackbot 1.0 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 Slackbot from crawling your entire site User-agent: Slackbot 1.0 Disallow: / # Allow Slackbot full access User-agent: Slackbot 1.0 Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Slackbot 1.0. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Slack's documentation.
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