Duckduckgo Search

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Web search

Example prompts

• “/duckduckgo-search”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A Bash shell
• A credential in FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1If ddgs CLI is installed, prefer terminal + ddgs
2. 2If ddgs CLI is missing, do not assume execute_code can import ddgs
3. 3If the user wants DuckDuckGo specifically, install ddgs first in the relevant environment
4. 4Otherwise fall back to built-in web/browser tools

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7fd2b9a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • pip

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Duckduckgo Search loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 780 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~58

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes at commit 7fd2b9a, republished under its MIT licence (© Tommy-yw). 780 words, ~2,101 tokens.

name

duckduckgo-search

description

Free web search via DuckDuckGo — text, news, images, videos. No API key needed. Prefer the `ddgs` CLI when installed; use the Python DDGS library only after verifying that `ddgs` is available in the current runtime.

version

1.3.0

author

gamedevCloudy

license

MIT

# Check CLI availability
command -v ddgs >/dev/null && echo "DDGS_CLI=installed" || echo "DDGS_CLI=missing"

# Python package + CLI entrypoint
pip install ddgs

# Verify CLI
ddgs --help

# Text search
ddgs text -q "python async programming" -m 5

# News search
ddgs news -q "artificial intelligence" -m 5

# Image search
ddgs images -q "landscape photography" -m 10

# Video search
ddgs videos -q "python tutorial" -m 5

# With region filter
ddgs text -q "best restaurants" -m 5 -r us-en

# Recent results only (d=day, w=week, m=month, y=year)
ddgs text -q "latest AI news" -m 5 -t w

# JSON output for parsing
ddgs text -q "fastapi tutorial" -m 5 -o json

from ddgs import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.text("python async programming", max_results=5):
        print(r["title"])
        print(r["href"])
        print(r.get("body", "")[:200])
        print()

from ddgs import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.news("AI regulation 2026", max_results=5):
        print(r["date"], "-", r["title"])
        print(r.get("source", ""), "|", r["url"])
        print(r.get("body", "")[:200])
        print()

from ddgs import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.images("semiconductor chip", max_results=5):
        print(r["title"])
        print(r["image"])
        print(r.get("thumbnail", ""))
        print(r.get("source", ""))
        print()

from ddgs import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    for r in ddgs.videos("FastAPI tutorial", max_results=5):
        print(r["title"])
        print(r.get("content", ""))
        print(r.get("duration", ""))
        print(r.get("provider", ""))
        print(r.get("published", ""))
        print()

ddgs text -q "fastapi deployment guide" -m 3 -o json

from ddgs import DDGS

with DDGS() as ddgs:
    results = list(ddgs.text("fastapi deployment guide", max_results=3))
    for r in results:
        print(r["title"], "->", r["href"])

© Tommy-yw, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search of Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes.

• SKILL.md
• scripts/duckduckgo.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7fd2b9a

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agentmisaka/core/skills/assets/optional/research/duckduckgo-search
• NousResearch/hermes-agentoptional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search
• johnson7788/MultiUserClawhermes-agent/optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search