ddg-search

by @sincere-arjun in Development

# Install this skill:

npx skills add sincere-arjun/ddg-search

Or install specific skill: npx add-skill https://github.com/sincere-arjun/ddg-search

# Description

DuckDuckGo web search via CLI. Use when you need to search the web for information, research topics, find news, or discover resources. Supports text search, news search, and image search with JSON output for programmatic use.

# SKILL.md

name: ddg-search
description: DuckDuckGo web search via CLI. Use when you need to search the web for information, research topics, find news, or discover resources. Supports text search, news search, and image search with JSON output for programmatic use.

DDG Search

DuckDuckGo search CLI wrapper around the ddgs Python package.

Usage

# Text search (default)
ddg "your search query"

# News search
ddg "your query" -t news

# Image search
ddg "your query" -t images

# JSON output (for scripting)
ddg "your query" --json

# Limit results
ddg "your query" -n 5

# Specific region
ddg "your query" -r us-en

Options

Flag	Description	Default
`-t, --type`	Search type: text, news, images	text
`-n, --max-results`	Max results to return	10
`-r, --region`	Region code (e.g., us-en, de-de)	wt-wt (worldwide)
`--safe`	Safe search: on, moderate, off	moderate
`--json`	Output as JSON	false

Common Region Codes

wt-wt - Worldwide
us-en - United States
de-de - Germany
gb-en - United Kingdom
in-en - India

Script Location

/root/clawd/ddg-skill/scripts/ddg

Dependencies

Python 3.8+
ddgs package (pip install ddgs)

# Supported AI Coding Agents

This skill is compatible with the SKILL.md standard and works with all major AI coding agents:

⚡ Amp 🚀 Antigravity 🤖 Claude Code 🦀 Clawdbot 📝 Codex ▶️ Cursor 🤖 Droid 💎 Gemini CLI 🐙 GitHub Copilot 🪿 Goose 📊 Kilo Code 🔧 Kiro CLI 💻 OpenCode 🦘 Roo Code 🌲 Trae 🏄 Windsurf

Learn more about the SKILL.md standard and how to use these skills with your preferred AI coding agent.