---
title: fastly.bot.category.is_monitoring_and_site_tools
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/miscellaneous/fastly-bot-category-is-monitoring-and-site-tools
---

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

**Available in:** recv, hash, deliver, log

Whether the detected bot is a Monitoring & Site Tool.

Tools that access your website to monitor things like performance, uptime, and proving domain control.