Deepseek User Agents

Introduction to Deepseek User Agents

Deepseek AI is an advanced large language model that can access web content to provide information to users. Understanding Deepseek's user agents is important for website owners who want to optimize their content for Deepseek or control how their content is accessed.

Deepseek User Agent Identification

Deepseek identifies itself with specific user agents when accessing web content. Here are the known Deepseek user agents:

Main Deepseek User Agent

Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Deepseek/1.0; +https://www.deepseek.com)

This is the primary user agent used by Deepseek when browsing the web.

Deepseek Crawler

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; DeepseekBot/1.0; +https://www.deepseek.com/bot)

This user agent is used for Deepseek's web crawling operations.

How Deepseek Accesses Web Content

Deepseek accesses web content in several ways:

Direct user requests - When a user asks Deepseek to retrieve information from a specific URL
Knowledge enhancement - When gathering information to supplement its training data
Web search functionality - When providing search results to user queries

Controlling Deepseek's Access to Your Content

Website owners can control how Deepseek accesses their content through:

Robots.txt Configuration

You can use the following directives in your robots.txt file:

# Block all Deepseek access
User-agent: DeepseekBot
Disallow: /

# Block Deepseek from specific sections
User-agent: DeepseekBot
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /members-only/

Optimizing Content for Deepseek

To ensure your content performs well when accessed by Deepseek:

Structure content with clear headings and logical organization
Use comprehensive and factually accurate information
Ensure content is accessible without heavy JavaScript requirements
Include relevant metadata and schema markup
Provide clear context and detailed explanations for complex topics

Tracking Deepseek Visits

With xseek, you can track when and how Deepseek accesses your content:

Monitor Deepseek user agent visits in your analytics dashboard
Track which content Deepseek is accessing most frequently
Analyze how Deepseek interprets and represents your content in responses
Receive alerts when Deepseek's crawling behavior changes

Related User Agents

Learn about other AI user agents to better manage your website's interaction with AI systems:

OpenAI User Agents - ChatGPT, GPTBot, and OAI-SearchBot
Claude User Agents - Anthropic's Claude AI assistant
Perplexity User Agents - Perplexity AI search engine
Llama User Agents - Meta's Llama AI
Bing AI User Agents - Bing AI