Safe Reported AI & LLM Bots

Trae Agent (ByteDance)

Operated by ByteDance

Quick Facts

User-Agent:
Trae
Category:
AI & LLM Bots
Operator:
ByteDance
Safety:
Safe
Blocking Impact:
Low - No SEO ranking impact
SEO Impact Score:
2/10
Official docs:
None published by ByteDance
Named by:
ai.robots.txt

Reported, not operator documented

ByteDance has not published a crawler page that names Trae. It is listed here because a credible public source does: ai.robots.txt. Reported ByteDance Trae agent fetches. No vendor UA published.

What that means for you: the robots.txt rule on this page is the best available spelling, and a well-behaved crawler using this string will honour it, but there is no vendor statement of purpose, crawl rate or robots.txt compliance to rely on. Treat a matching request in your logs as a detection clue, not proof of who sent it, and combine the rule with a firewall rule if the traffic matters to you. If the operator publishes documentation, this profile moves to Official docs.

What is Trae Agent (ByteDance)?

Trae Agent (ByteDance) is an on-demand AI fetcher operated by ByteDance. It retrieves a page only when a user explicitly asks an AI assistant or agent to read, summarize, or act on a specific URL. Because it is triggered by real user intent rather than bulk crawling, blocking it mainly prevents users from pulling your content into ByteDance's assistant.

Trae Agent (ByteDance) is an on-demand AI fetcher operated by ByteDance. It retrieves a page only when a user explicitly asks an AI assistant or agent to read, summarize, or act on a specific URL. Because it is triggered by real user intent rather than bulk crawling, blocking it mainly prevents users from pulling your content into ByteDance's assistant.
Trae Agent (ByteDance) uses the user-agent token Trae. You can control it via robots.txt, meta tags (noai), or the emerging llms.txt standard. Robots.txt is voluntary; for hard enforcement, combine it with server-level IP blocking.

What happens if you block Trae Agent (ByteDance)?

✅ No SEO Impact - Blocking Trae Agent (ByteDance) does not affect your rankings in Google, Bing, or any other search engine. Trae Agent (ByteDance) is an AI crawler, not a traditional search indexer. You can freely block it via User-agent / Disallow: / without any SEO penalty.
Generally safe to allow; provides legitimate crawling value.

Want to see whether Trae Agent (ByteDance) actually visits you? Read how do I monitor AI bot traffic to my website?

How to block Trae Agent (ByteDance) with robots.txt

<code>User-agent: Trae</code> - Matching is case-insensitive. Robots.txt is fetched from the root of each subdomain separately.

Block completely (robots.txt)
User-agent: Trae Disallow: /
Allow all (robots.txt)
User-agent: Trae Allow: /
Block private only (robots.txt)
User-agent: Trae Disallow: /private/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /admin/ Allow: /
Nginx server block
# Nginx: Hard-block Trae Agent (ByteDance) if ($http_user_agent ~* "Trae") { return 403 "Bot blocked"; }
Apache .htaccess
# Apache: Hard-block Trae Agent (ByteDance) SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Trae" bad_bot Order Allow,Deny Allow from all Deny from env=bad_bot
Meta robots tag
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
X-Robots-Tag header
X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow

Is Trae Agent (ByteDance) safe to allow?

Yes, Trae Agent (ByteDance) is a safe and legitimate crawler operated by ByteDance. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol (RFC 9309) and can be controlled with standard robots.txt rules.
Verify by reverse-DNS lookup: legitimate Trae Agent (ByteDance) requests resolve to ByteDance's domain.

What does Trae Agent (ByteDance) do?

Understanding Trae Agent (ByteDance)'s purpose helps you decide whether to allow or block it.

  • Fetches a page only when a user asks an AI assistant to read it
  • Summarizes or extracts the URL the user provided
  • Triggered by real user intent, not bulk crawling
  • Low traffic volume compared with training crawlers
  • Blocking it prevents users from pulling your content into the assistant

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official user-agent string for Trae Agent (ByteDance)?
The official user-agent string for Trae Agent (ByteDance) is: Trae. Use this exact string in robots.txt, Nginx, Apache, or Cloudflare firewall rules to target this bot. Matching in robots.txt is case-insensitive. Verify a request genuinely comes from Trae Agent (ByteDance) by performing a reverse-DNS lookup on the source IP.
Is Trae Agent (ByteDance) safe?
Yes, Trae Agent (ByteDance) is a safe and legitimate crawler operated by ByteDance. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol (RFC 9309) and can be controlled with standard robots.txt rules.
Will blocking Trae Agent (ByteDance) hurt my SEO?
✅ No SEO Impact - Blocking Trae Agent (ByteDance) does not affect your rankings in Google, Bing, or any other search engine. Trae Agent (ByteDance) is an AI crawler, not a traditional search indexer. You can freely block it via User-agent / Disallow: / without any SEO penalty.
How do I block Trae Agent (ByteDance) in robots.txt?
Add the following lines to your /robots.txt file:
User-agent: Trae
Disallow: /

This instructs Trae Agent (ByteDance) not to crawl any path on your site. To block only specific sections, replace / with the path (e.g., Disallow: /blog/).
Does Trae Agent (ByteDance) respect robots.txt?
Trae Agent (ByteDance) is operated by ByteDance and is expected to fetch and parse /robots.txt before crawling, following RFC 9309. For hard enforcement, combine robots.txt with server-level IP or user-agent blocking.
How do I verify if Trae Agent (ByteDance) is crawling my site?
Search your web server access logs for the string Trae (case-insensitive: grep -i "Trae" /var/log/nginx/access.log). Filter by user-agent in your log analytics tool (GoAccess, AWStats, etc.).

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