name: web-search
description: Search the web using DuckDuckGo MCP for live results. Triggers on: search the web, look up, find info, google, research, what is, latest news on, find articles about, current events, recent news
Web Search Skill
Search the web via the duckduckgo MCP server and return a concise summary with source links.
Trigger phrases
- "search for ...", "search: ...", "google ..."
- "look up ...", "find info on ..."
- "research ...", "what is ..."
- "latest news on ...", "find articles about ..."
- "what happened with ...", "current price of ..."
Workflow
Primary: DuckDuckGo MCP (preferred — fast, no browser needed)
Use the duckduckgo MCP tool directly:
- Call the
search tool from the duckduckgo MCP server with the user's query
- Parse the results — each result has a title, URL, and snippet
- Synthesize a 2–4 sentence summary
- List the top sources
Fallback: Playwright browser (if MCP is unavailable)
- Navigate to
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=<query>
- Wait for results to load
- Snapshot the page
- Extract top 5 organic results (title, URL, snippet)
Output format
[2–4 sentence summary of what was found]
Sources:
1. [Title](URL)
2. [Title](URL)
3. [Title](URL)
Rules
- Always search — never answer current-events questions from training data alone
- Prefer the DuckDuckGo MCP tool over Playwright (faster, more reliable)
- Skip sponsored/ad results; prefer organic results
- Keep the summary factual and attributed — do not add opinions
- If the user asks for a specific page, navigate to it for a deeper summary
