cohere-training-data-crawler
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What is cohere-training-data-crawler?
cohere-training-data-crawler is Cohere's dedicated web crawler for collecting training data for their enterprise large language models. This is distinct from the Cohere-Ai user agent, which is used for real-time content retrieval. The training data crawler performs broader web crawling to gather diverse text content that improves Cohere's models. It respects robots.txt directives, allowing website owners to opt out of having their content used for Cohere's model training.
User Agent String
cohere-training-data-crawler
How to Control cohere-training-data-crawler
Block Completely
To prevent cohere-training-data-crawler from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /public/
Set Crawl Delay
To slow down the crawl rate (note: not all bots respect this directive):
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify cohere-training-data-crawler
Verification Method:
Verify requests originate from Cohere IP ranges
Verify requests originate from Cohere IP ranges
Learn more in the official documentation.
⚠️ AI Training Notice
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect cohere-training-data-crawler in your application:
Basic Pattern
/cohere\-training\-data\-crawler/iStrict Pattern
/^cohere\-training\-data\-crawler$/Flexible Pattern
/cohere\-training\-data\-crawler[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/iVendor Match
/.*Cohere.*cohere\-training\-data\-crawler/iImplementation Examples
// PHP Detection for cohere-training-data-crawler
function detect_cohere_training_data_crawler() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/cohere\\-training\\-data\\-crawler/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('cohere-training-data-crawler detected from IP: ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
// Set cache headers
header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
header('X-Robots-Tag: noarchive');
// Optional: Serve cached version
if (file_exists('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html')) {
readfile('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for cohere-training-data-crawler
import re
from flask import request, make_responsedef detect_cohere_training_data_crawler():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'cohere-training-data-crawler'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False# Django Middleware
class coheretrainingdatacrawlerMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for cohere-training-data-crawler
const express = require('express');
const app = express();// Middleware to detect cohere-training-data-crawler
function detectcoheretrainingdatacrawler(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /cohere-training-data-crawler/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('cohere-training-data-crawler detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'cohere-training-data-crawler';
}
next();
}app.use(detectcoheretrainingdatacrawler);
# Apache .htaccess rules for cohere-training-data-crawler# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} cohere\-training\-data\-crawler [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} cohere\-training\-data\-crawler [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "cohere\-training\-data\-crawler" is_bot=1# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /cohere\-training\-data\-crawler/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for cohere-training-data-crawler# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_cohere_training_data_crawler {
default 0;
~*cohere\-training\-data\-crawler 1;
}server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_cohere_training_data_crawler) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_cohere_training_data_crawler) {
root /var/www/cached;
try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html @backend;
}
try_files $uri @backend;
}
# Add headers for bot requests
location @backend {
if ($is_cohere_training_data_crawler) {
add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600";
add_header X-Robots-Tag "noarchive";
}
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
}
Should You Block This Bot?
Recommendations based on your website type:
| Site Type | Recommendation | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce | Limit Access | Protect pricing and inventory data from AI training |
| Blog/News | Consider Blocking | Your content may be used for AI training without compensation |
| SaaS Application | Block | No benefit for application interfaces; preserve resources |
| Documentation | Selective | Allow for public docs, block for internal docs |
| Corporate Site | Limit | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Crawl-delay: 5
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&page=
Allow: /products/
Allow: /categories/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Publishing/Blog Configuration
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
# Blocking AI training bot
Disallow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
cohere-training-data-crawlerRobots.txt Name
cohere-training-data-crawlerCategory
aiRespects robots.txt
Yes
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