---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "deepseekbot"
kind: "ai_training"
operator: "DeepSeek"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "low"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/deepseekbot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/deepseekbot/"
---

# DeepSeekBot

> Reported as a DeepSeek crawler collecting web content for AI model training (UA 'DeepSeekBot/1.0; +https://www.deepseek.com/bot'). The referenced deepseek.com/bot page returned 404 on 2026-10-23, so there is no confirmed first-party documentation.

## Dossier

- Kind: AI model crawlers
- Operator: DeepSeek (https://www.deepseek.com/)
- Documentation: none found
- robots.txt tokens: DeepSeekBot
- Feeds: model training
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. Third-party directories list it as expected to follow robots.txt; no published verification method; UA spoofing is easy.
- Verification: No published method
- Labels matched in our logs: deepseekbot

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

Possible training read for DeepSeek models; treat log matches as unverified claims until DeepSeek documents the bot.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 15 requests on 5 days; first seen 2026-08-25, last seen 2026-10-21; Returning.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://knownagents.com/agents/deepseekbot
- https://www.deepseek.com/bot

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md