---
title: client.class.bot
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/client-request/client-class-bot
---

**Type:** BOOL  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** all subroutines

Returns `true` if the client is identifying itself as a system operating without human interaction (e.g., robots, crawlers, checkers, download agents,
spam harvesters, and feed readers). See `client.bot.name` for more information.