duckduckgo-search

You can perform free web search without an API key by using DuckDuckGo queries to retrieve text, news, images, and video results. It serves as a reliable fallback in agent workflows when paid API services are unavailable.

Yes, DuckDuckGo search works as a fallback when primary web search tools fail or required credentials are missing. It retrieves search results directly without needing API keys, ensuring your agent workflow continues smoothly.

You can get news search results using the `ddgs` CLI tool to query DuckDuckGo. It preferentially leverages CLI-first reliability to return titles, URLs, and snippets, optionally verifying or installing the Python `ddgs` package if needed.

The `ddgs` package availability varies across Python runtimes. The skill avoids assumptions by detecting `ddgs` CLI availability first, then optionally verifying or installing the Python package in the correct runtime environment.

Using DuckDuckGo news and text search is the best way to find time-sensitive information without paid services. It quickly retrieves relevant titles and snippets for research, which can then be extracted for full page content.

The search skill returns only snippets and URLs because it follows a search-then-extract workflow. You use the returned results as a starting point, then extract full page content using other dedicated browsing or extraction tools.