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A bare domain is normalized to HTTPS."},"context":{"type":"object","description":"Optional non-secret correlation labels returned unchanged only in the request lifecycle.","maxProperties":12,"additionalProperties":{"type":["string","number","boolean","null"]}},"baseline":{"type":["object","null"],"description":"Optional baseline returned by a previous snapshot call.","additionalProperties":true},"compare_url":{"type":"string","maxLength":2048,"minLength":3,"description":"Optional public comparison URL. Used by change and monitoring services."}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.001","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.001/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_KftJOkGPh4A4LmiGFIbw3","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.001","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Passively evaluates whether PerplexityBot can access a given public URL and returns a verdict with supporting evidence, threshold, and recommended action.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you check whether PerplexityBot is allowed to access https://myblog.com and give me the verdict along with what evidence you found?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Pre-launch AI crawler audit","prompt":"Before I launch my new site at https://newproduct.io, can you check if PerplexityBot is permitted to access it and tell me what the evidence shows?"},{"title":"Diagnosing missing Perplexity indexing","prompt":"My site https://techreview.example.com isn't showing up in Perplexity AI results — can you check if PerplexityBot is actually allowed to crawl it and what's blocking it?"},{"title":"Monitoring competitor bot access policy","prompt":"Can you evaluate whether PerplexityBot has access to https://competitor.com and compare it against a baseline I got last month?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured response containing: the observation (what was found on the target), the threshold used for evaluation, a pass/fail/uncertain verdict on PerplexityBot access, the exact evidence source (e.g. robots.txt URL or meta tag location), known limitations of the passive check, and a mode-specific action recommendation for remediation or confirmation.","failureModes":["Target URL is unreachable or returns non-200 status — check returns error or inconclusive verdict","Domain has no robots.txt and no meta tags — evidence is absent, result may be uncertain","Rate limiting or firewall on target blocks the passive fetch — limitation reported in response","Malformed or ambiguous robots.txt leads to inconclusive verdict","compare_url is inaccessible — comparison step skipped or returns partial result"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need a passive, read-only determination of whether PerplexityBot is permitted to access a specific public URL — no login, exploit, or active probing is performed. Prefer this over generic robots.txt parsers when you need a verdict with evidence sourcing, threshold context, and an actionable recommendation specifically scoped to PerplexityBot. Choose the sibling repair-plan endpoint if you already have a verdict and need remediation steps.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-14T00:35:03.741Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"perplexitybot-access-decision-17a2f8dd"}