What is Slackbot-LinkExpanding?
Slackbot-LinkExpanding is listed as a url fetcher. Use this crawler profile to identify user-agent tokens, operator signals, platform hints, and recommended handling.
Slackbot-LinkExpanding
URL fetcher
- Version
- Unknown
- First seen
- Sep 17, 2025
- Confidence
- Known user-agent token
Crawler tags
Directory facts
- AI model training
- Not listed as training
- Acts on behalf of user
- Yes, user-triggered
- Obeys directives
- Yes, listed as obeying robots.txt
What is Slackbot-LinkExpanding?
Slackbot-LinkExpanding is listed as a url fetcher. Slackbot-LinkExpanding is likely a user-triggered fetcher that retrieves a page after someone asks for, previews, or opens a URL.
Slackbot-LinkExpanding matched a known crawler token in the user-agent string, but this page alone does not prove IP ownership.
How to identify Slackbot-LinkExpanding in logs
Search server logs for Slackbot-LinkExpanding. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Slackbot-LinkExpanding 1.0 (+https://api.slack.com/robots)
Use this as a web-crawler lookup reference for identifying how this user-agent presents itself in server logs. After you identify crawler traffic, run the WebMCP Compatibility Checker to confirm whether AI crawlers and agents can understand your site.
User-agent signals
- Product tokens
- Slackbot-LinkExpanding
- Documentation
- https://api.slack.com/robots
- Contact
- None found
- Platform
- Unknown · Unknown
- Browser profile
- Unknown · Unknown
- Browser-like UA
- No
- HTTP library
- Unknown
- Spoof risk
- Medium
Questions answered by this crawler profile
What is Slackbot-LinkExpanding?
Slackbot-LinkExpanding is listed as a url fetcher. Slackbot-LinkExpanding is likely a user-triggered fetcher that retrieves a page after someone asks for, previews, or opens a URL.
Does Slackbot-LinkExpanding train AI models?
Slackbot-LinkExpanding is not listed as being used to train AI or LLM systems.
Is Slackbot-LinkExpanding user-triggered?
Slackbot-LinkExpanding is listed as being triggered by a real user action.
How do I identify Slackbot-LinkExpanding in logs?
Search server logs for Slackbot-LinkExpanding. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Does Slackbot-LinkExpanding respect robots.txt?
This directory entry lists the crawler as obeying robots.txt directives. Confirm behavior in your logs before relying on user-agent strings alone.