---
id: "bot-management"
type: "component"
kind: "bot-management"
provider: "default"
category: "security"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/bot-management"
---

# Generic bot management

Vendor-neutral bot management. Use when the real product is not in the catalogue; every rule for this kind still applies.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Bot management](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/bot-management) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | not recorded |
| Generic? | Vendor-neutral: the kind itself |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `challengeAction` | enum | `block`, `managed-challenge`, `js-challenge`, `captcha`, `log` | no | — |
| `jsDetections` | boolean | — | no | — |
| `machineLearning` | boolean | — | no | — |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false |
| `scoreHeader` | boolean | — | no | — |
| `scoreThreshold` | integer | — | no | — |
| `sessionTokenLifetimeMinutes` | integer | — | no | — |
| `verifiedBotsAllowed` | boolean | — | no | true |

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 3

- [AI Crawl Control](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-ai-crawl-control.md) `cloudflare-ai-crawl-control` — cloudflare
- [Cloudflare Bot Management](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-bot-management.md) `cloudflare-bot-management` — cloudflare
- [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-turnstile.md) `cloudflare-turnstile` — cloudflare

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "bot-management", component: "bot-management" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# The vendor-neutral bot management: the kind itself, with no product behind it. It sets no
# defaults and adds no properties, so every required kind property stays required on the node.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "bot-management"
kind: "bot-management"
provider: "default"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/bot-management