01 · Operator
Who operates Poggio-Citations
- Company
- Poggio Labs, Inc.
- Type
- AI assistant fetcher
- Official docs
- docs.poggio.io
02 · Behavior
What Poggio-Citations does
The robot retrieves metadata such as oEmbed, Open Graph and Twitter Card tags, and extracts images. It requests only part of each page using HTTP Range headers. It does not crawl sites or follow links. Poggio caches the metadata to avoid repeated requests.
03 · Impact
Why Poggio-Citations matters for your site
If you allow it
- It requests only part of a page and caches results
- Your page can appear with proper preview data in Poggio citations
If you block it
- Poggio documents no robots.txt token or IP ranges
- Content is used inside a commercial sales tool
04 · Allow
How to allow Poggio-Citations
robots.txt
# Poggio-Citations has no documented robots.txt token and does not read robots.txt.
# Use a Cloudflare, nginx or Apache rule instead.Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Poggio-Citations")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# Poggio-Citations has no documented robots.txt token and does not read robots.txt.
# Use a Cloudflare, nginx or Apache rule instead.nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Poggio\-Citations") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Poggio\-Citations [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Poggio-Citations
Start with robots.txt. If Poggio-Citations keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
# Poggio-Citations has no documented robots.txt token and does not read robots.txt.
# Use a Cloudflare, nginx or Apache rule instead.Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Poggio-Citations")
Action: BlockWordPress
# Poggio-Citations has no documented robots.txt token and does not read robots.txt.
# Use a Cloudflare, nginx or Apache rule instead.nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Poggio\-Citations") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Poggio\-Citations [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Poggio-Citations
| User agent | Share | Last active | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Poggio-Citations 1.0 (+https://docs.poggio.io/api/robots) |
100% | 12 days ago | Unverified |
07 · Verification
Is it really Poggio-Citations?
Poggio-Citations’s operator publishes no IP ranges or hostnames, so requests cannot be verified. Treat the user agent as a claim, and watch your logs for unusual request rates.
FAQ
Questions about Poggio-Citations
What is Poggio-Citations?
Poggio-Citations is a robot run by Poggio. It fetches page metadata and images to enrich citations used by Poggio's LLM agent.
Does Poggio-Citations crawl my whole site?
No. Poggio says it does not crawl websites or follow links. It requests only part of each cited page using Range headers.
How do I opt out of Poggio citations?
Poggio's robot documentation offers an opt-out by contacting the company. It does not document a robots.txt token.
Last updated Oct 14, 2026