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# Amzn-SearchBot: user agent, token, block rate | Agent Ready Crawlers

> Amzn-SearchBot from Amazon: exact user-agent string, robots.txt token Amzn-SearchBot, search index purpose and how to verify it. Read 2026-11-04.

Source: https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/amzn-searchbot
Site: Agent Ready Crawlers
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Search index crawler from Amazon

# Amzn-SearchBot

In short

Amzn-SearchBot is Amazon's search index crawler. Check a visitor against the operator's published IP list. The crawl of 2026-11-04 did not measure Amzn-SearchBot. Eligibility for Alexa and other Amazon search experiences. Amzn-SearchBot: if robots.txt does not mention Amzn-SearchBot but allows other search bots, it follows the directives given to other search bots.

Operator

[Amazon](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/operator/amazon/) Vendor profile: [Amazon](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/vendors/amazon/)

Purpose

Search index [All search index rows](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/purpose/search-index/). Builds a search index that sends visitors back. Refusing it removes pages from that product.

User-agent string

`Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Amzn-SearchBot/0.1) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36`

robots.txt token

`Amzn-SearchBot` Matched case-insensitively (RFC 9309). The token and the user-agent string are different things.

Respects robots.txt

Yes, per operator

Amazon: if robots.txt does not mention Amzn-SearchBot but allows other search bots, it follows the directives given to other search bots. Not used for training. [Source](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot), read 2026-11-04.

Verification

Published IP list (JSON)

Match the source address of a request against the operator's published list. [Documentation](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/), read 2026-11-04.

IP ranges

[developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/)

Rate behaviour

Does not support Crawl-delay.

Block rate

Not measured: the crawl checked 31 AI and search tokens, and `Amzn-SearchBot` is not one of them.

Documentation

[developer.amazon.com](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot), read 2026-11-04.

Note. Eligibility for Alexa and other Amazon search experiences.

## Allow and refuse lines

### To allow Amzn-SearchBot

User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /

### To refuse Amzn-SearchBot

User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /

Refusing or allowing in robots.txt states a preference. Enforcement of a refusal belongs in your WAF; see how to verify the identity above.

## Amazon in the Verification Ledger

Three IP lists on HTML pages with JSON bodies; nothing for Buy for Me or Rufus. [All operators](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/verification/).

IP lists

-   [developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/ip-addresses/](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/ip-addresses/)
-   [developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/)
-   [developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/live-ip-addresses/](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/live-ip-addresses/)

Reverse DNS

publishes nothing

Key directory

publishes nothing

Cloudflare

not checked

Visa TAP registry

no public operator-level registration found (checked 2026-11-04)

Mastercard Agent Pay

no public operator-level registration found (checked 2026-11-04)

## Other Amazon rows

-   [Amazonbot](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/amazonbot/) Training token Amazonbot
-   [Amzn-User](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/amzn-user/) Live answer fetch token Amzn-User
-   [Buy for Me (shopping agent)](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/amazon-buy-for-me/) Shopping agent no token
-   [Rufus (shopping assistant)](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/amazon-rufus/) Shopping agent no token

## Sources

-   [Amazon Web Search crawlers](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot) read 2026-11-04
-   [developer.amazon.com: searchbot ip addresses](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/) read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-04