ddg-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.

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Repository: javimosch/open-claw-skills
Last source activity: June 6, 2026 at 19:20
Detected SKILL.md language: English
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Forks: 1

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name	ddg-search
description	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.

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

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