DuckDuckGo Web Search

Search the web using DuckDuckGo. Free, no API key required. Use when the user asks to search the web, look something up, find information online, research a topic, or when you need to find current information that isn't in your training data. Also use when web_search tool is unavailable or has no API key configured.

Instalar
$clawhub install neo-ddg-search

DuckDuckGo Web Search

Search the web via DuckDuckGo using the ddgs Python library. No API key needed.

Quick Usage

python3 skills/ddg-search/scripts/search.py "your search query" [count]

  • query (required): Search terms

  • count (optional): Number of results, default 5, max 20

Output Format

Each result includes:

  • Title — Page title

  • URL — Direct link

  • Snippet — Text excerpt

Examples


# Basic search
python3 skills/ddg-search/scripts/search.py "latest AI news"

# More results
python3 skills/ddg-search/scripts/search.py "Python async tutorial" 10

Follow-up

After searching, use web_fetch to read full content from any result URL.

Dependencies

  • ddgs Python package (install: pip install --break-system-packages ddgs)

Limitations

  • Unofficial scraping — may break if DuckDuckGo changes their frontend

  • Rate limits possible under heavy use

  • English-biased results by default