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Slackbot

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Slack's multi-purpose bot for service integration and webhook notifications. Operated by Slack.

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Assessment
Webhooks
Category
BOT
Kind
1
Data sources
AI-generated summary, drawn from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

What is Slackbot?

Slackbot is a web crawler operated by Slack. Slack's multi-purpose bot for service integration and webhook notifications.

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name
Slackbot
Operator
Slack
Category
Webhooks
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified bot
Cloudflare slug
slackbot
User-agent patterns
Slackbot 1.0
User-agent string
Slackbot 1.0 (+https://api.slack.com/robots)
Main use cases
Web crawlingData collection

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

Block it

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: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows Slackbot 1.0. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Slack's documentation.

Traffic & trends

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Related bots

Other crawlers operated by Slack.

Data sources

This profile is compiled from the following sources.

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Last updated July 21, 2026