Updated Guide – Perplexity Crawlers & AWS WAF Setup

Hey everyone!

We’ve published updated instructions for website owners on allowing Perplexity’s crawlers and configuring AWS WAF correctly.

What’s inside:

  • How PerplexityBot and Perplexity-User work (and when they’re used)
  • Exact user-agent strings & published IP ranges
  • Recommended robots.txt settings
  • AWS WAF rules – allowlisting tips, CIDR updates, and common pitfalls

If you manage a site or API and want Perplexity to surface your content reliably, this guide will help you get set up quickly.

Read the guide: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots