ddg-search
Search the web with DuckDuckGo as a no-API-key fallback or second source. Use when the normal web search tool or primary search provider is rate-limited, failing, unavailable, not delivering enough useful results, or producing weak results, and you want quick text, news, image, or video search results, instant-answer lookups, or DuckDuckGo bang resolution without browser automation.
What this skill does
# ddg-search Use the local skill script for lightweight DuckDuckGo search. This skill exists to make fallback web search simple and low-noise instead of rebuilding ad hoc search helpers each time. ## Quick rules - Prefer your normal primary search tool when it is healthy. - Use this skill when you need a fallback or a second source. - Keep searches narrow and intentional. - Prefer JSON output by default. - Use `--text` only when human-readable terminal output is actually more useful. - Use `references/notes.md` for quick guidance on when this tool fits. ## Local setup Prefer the skill-local script and cached virtualenv over any global CLI install. Treat the virtualenv under `~/.cache/ddg-search/venv` as generated local state, not part of the skill itself. If the installer drops skill-local dotfiles, the bootstrap script recreates `.gitignore` automatically. Bootstrap the local environment: ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/bootstrap_venv.sh ``` After bootstrap, use: ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search ``` If the cached virtualenv is missing later, just run the bootstrap script again. ## Commands ### Show built-in help ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search help ``` ### Text search ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search search 'openclaw github' ``` ### News search ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search search 'bitcoin etf' --type news --timelimit d --max-results 10 ``` ### Image search ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search search 'bitcoin logo' --type images --max-results 10 ``` ### Video search ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search search 'openai launch' --type videos --timelimit w --max-results 10 ``` ### Restrict to one site ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search search 'python dataclasses' --site docs.python.org ``` ### Reverse result order ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search search 'openai launch' --type videos --max-results 10 --reverse ``` ### Instant-answer lookup ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search instant 'weather berlin' ``` ### Resolve a DuckDuckGo bang ```bash <skill-path>/scripts/ddg-search bang w 'OpenAI' ``` ## Workflow 1. Read `references/notes.md` if you want quick selection guidance. 2. Ensure the cached virtualenv is bootstrapped. 3. Use `search` for normal search, `instant` for instant-answer lookups, and `bang` when a DuckDuckGo bang is the cleanest path. 4. Parse JSON output by default. 5. Cross-check with another source when the question is important. ## Expected outputs The tool returns JSON by default. Parse it instead of scraping text. Use `--text` when you want a readable terminal view. - `search` returns query metadata plus `results` - `instant` returns instant-answer style structured fields - `bang` returns the DuckDuckGo URL plus the resolved redirect/final URL ## Files - Source repo: `https://github.com/robin-liquidium/ddg-search-cli` - Launcher: `scripts/ddg-search` - Python implementation: `scripts/ddg_search.py` - Local bootstrap: `scripts/bootstrap_venv.sh` - Notes: `references/notes.md` - `~/.cache/ddg-search/venv` is generated local state and can be recreated with `<skill-path>/scripts/bootstrap_venv.sh` ## When to stop and ask Stop and ask before: - turning this into browser automation - adding scraping-heavy flows - adding provider-specific hacks that make the wrapper fragile - changing default behavior from lightweight fallback search to something much broader
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