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What is TallyBot?

TallyBot is Tally’s web crawler that automatically visits websites to gather information and enhance your form-building experience. Our bot operates with the user agent: 
TallyBot/1.0 (+https://tally.so/bot)

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What We Do

TallyBot serves two primary purposes to improve your Tally experience:

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1. Form Creation Enhancement

  • Content Analysis: We extract relevant information from websites you reference to suggest better form titles, descriptions, and field labels
  • Context Understanding: When you’re creating forms based on web content, TallyBot helps understand the context to provide more relevant suggestions

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2. Resource Validation

  • Link Verification: We check if external resources, links, or assets you reference in your forms are accessible and valid
  • Asset Availability: Verify that images, documents, or other media you embed in forms are reachable

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Technical Details

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Request Behavior

  • Rate Limiting: TallyBot respects standard rate limiting practices and won’t overwhelm your servers
  • robots.txt: We honor robots.txt directives and crawling restrictions
  • User Agent: All requests include our identifiable user agent string for transparency

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Respectful Crawling

  • Minimal Impact: We minimize server load by making efficient, targeted requests
  • Cache-Friendly: We respect cache headers and avoid unnecessary repeat requests
  • Standard Protocols: We follow web standards and best practices for automated crawling

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Contact & Support

If you have questions about TallyBot’s activity on your website or need to report an issue, you can reach out to us via https://tally.so/support.

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Blocking TallyBot

If you need to prevent TallyBot from accessing your website, you can:

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Using robots.txt

User-agent: TallyBot
Disallow: /
TallyBot helps make form creation more intelligent and ensures the resources you use are reliable. We’re committed to respectful crawling practices that benefit both form creators and website owners.