Archer's web browser

Archer is the home assistant in the Archer app. When a homeowner asks it to look something up or get something done online, Archer may visit your site to do it.

When Archer visits

• Only when a homeowner asks. For example, to check a product's warranty terms, compare service plans, or fill in a booking form.
• It opens the pages that task needs and stops. It doesn't crawl your site, follow links across it, or build an index.
• Archer never submits a form on its own. The homeowner reviews and approves each submission first.

How to recognize it

Archer's browser adds this to a standard Chrome user agent:

Archer/1.0 (+https://archerhome.com/bot)

How to opt out

Add Archer to your robots.txt:

User-agent: Archer
Disallow: /

Before Archer's browser opens a page, it reads your site's robots.txt and won't open pages it disallows. If your robots.txt can't be read, Archer stays away.

IP addresses

Archer doesn't use a fixed set of IP addresses yet. We'll publish them here when it does.

Questions

If Archer is causing a problem on your site, email hi@archerhome.com.