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§ · fetcher policy

You found us in your logs.

If you are a site owner who just saw ScribeWatch in an access log, this page is for you. It explains exactly what the fetcher does, and how to stop it in one email.

user agent ScribeFetch/1.0 (+https://scribe.vimabrosta.com/bot)

01What it is doing

A customer asked Scribe to read one of your public pages as Markdown or text, to render it, or to look up your domain. The fetcher makes one request for that URL, or one request at your front door plus one TLS handshake for a domain lookup, and nothing else.

behaviourguarantee
methodGET only. Never POST, never a form submission.
volumeOne fetch per paid request. There is no schedule and no re-fetching: each fetch is a customer paying once for one page.
sizeAt most 2 MB per fetch (5 MB for a PDF a customer named).
redirectsAt most four, each re-checked against the address policy. Never followed on a domain lookup.
identityAlways the user agent above, with a link back to this page. Never spoofed.

02What it will never do

  • Log in, fill a form, or solve a CAPTCHA.
  • Purchase, book, reserve, or bid on anything.
  • Bypass a paywall, a rate limit, or any other access control, for any customer.
  • Store credentials. Targets behind authentication are refused at purchase time.
  • Crawl your site. It fetches the exact URL a customer named, once, and no others.

03How to block it

Either of these works, and neither needs a reply from us:

  1. Return 403 or 429 to the user agent above. The crawler backs off and the customer's request is refused as unreachable, uncharged.
  2. Email contact@vimabrosta.com with your domain. We add it to the blocklist promptly, and no customer can name it again.
No argument, no retention

We do not ask why, and we keep no copy of your pages: a conversion is returned to the customer who paid for it and forgotten. Blocks are honored on the domain, not negotiated per URL.