Last updated 7 October 2026
SKUHelmBot
What SKUHelmBot reads, how often, and how to stop it.
SKUHelmBot is the crawler behind SKUHelm. It runs when someone enters your shop address in the store check, or connects your shop to their SKUHelm account.
What it reads
- Shopify: /products.json and /meta.json, which every public Shopify store serves.
- WooCommerce: the public Store API at /wp-json/wc/store/v1.
- Files: a CSV or JSON link someone gave us.
It reads public catalogue pages only. It doesn't log in, submit forms or touch your checkout, and it keeps its request rate low.
Keep it out
Add a rule for SKUHelmBot to your robots.txt and it will skip your shop. Or write to us and we'll block your domain.
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User-agent: SKUHelmBot
Disallow: /Questions: [email protected].