DuckAssistBot User-Agent & Blocking Rules
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DuckAssistBot is used by DuckDuckGo for its AI-assisted search features, generating instant answers from specific sources.
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User-Agent String used by DuckAssistBot
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Add the following standard robots.txt rule to prevent DuckAssistBot from accessing your site.
User-agent: DuckAssistBot Disallow: /