# Ddg Search

> Web search without an API key using DuckDuckGo Lite via web_fetch. Use as a fallback when web_search fails with missing_brave_api_key error, or whenever you need to search the web and no search API is configured. Provides titles, URLs, and snippets for research queries. Zero dependencies — works with just the built-in web_fetch tool.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-thesyart-emperor-agent-ddg-web-search-1-0-0`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [TheSyart](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/thesyart)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [TheSyart](https://github.com/TheSyart)
- **Source:** https://github.com/TheSyart/emperor-agent/tree/main/skills/ddg-web-search-1.0.0
- **Website:** https://github.com/TheSyart/emperor-agent

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-thesyart-emperor-agent-ddg-web-search-1-0-0
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# DuckDuckGo Search via web_fetch

Search the web using DuckDuckGo Lite's HTML interface, parsed via `web_fetch`. No API key or package install required.

## How to Search

```
web_fetch(url="https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=QUERY", extractMode="text", maxChars=8000)
```

- URL-encode the query — use `+` for spaces
- Use `extractMode="text"` (not markdown) for clean results
- Increase `maxChars` for more results

## Region Filtering

Append `&kl=REGION` for regional results:

- `au-en` — Australia
- `us-en` — United States
- `uk-en` — United Kingdom
- `de-de` — Germany
- `fr-fr` — France

Full list: https://duckduckgo.com/params

### Example — Australian search

```
web_fetch(url="https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=best+coffee+melbourne&kl=au-en", extractMode="text", maxChars=8000)
```

## Reading Results

Results appear as numbered items with title, snippet, and URL. Skip entries marked "Sponsored link" (ads) — organic results follow.

## Search-then-Fetch Pattern

1. **Search** — query DDG Lite for a list of results
2. **Pick** — identify the most relevant URLs
3. **Fetch** — use `web_fetch` on those URLs to read full content

## Tips

- First 1-2 results may be ads — skip to organic results
- For exact phrases, wrap in quotes: `q=%22exact+phrase%22`
- Add specific terms to narrow results (site name, year, location)

## Limitations

- No time/date filtering (DDG Lite doesn't support `&df=` reliably via fetch)
- Text results only — no images or videos
- Results sourced from Bing (may differ from Google)
- Google search does NOT work via web_fetch (captcha blocked)

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [TheSyart](https://github.com/TheSyart)
- **Source:** [TheSyart/emperor-agent](https://github.com/TheSyart/emperor-agent)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://github.com/TheSyart/emperor-agent

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-thesyart-emperor-agent-ddg-web-search-1-0-0
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/thesyart
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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