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Duckduckgo MCP Server

nickclyde/duckduckgo-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search capabilities through DuckDuckGo, with additional features for content fetching and parsing.

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Install

uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ddg-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "duckduckgo-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

DDG_SAFE_SEARCHDDG_REGION
GitHub stars
134
Author
@nickclyde
Category
Developer Tools, Search Tools
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Web Search: Search DuckDuckGo with advanced rate limiting and result formatting

  • Content Fetching: Retrieve and parse webpage content with intelligent text extraction

  • Long URL Shortening: Over-long result URLs become short ref:// tokens that fetch_content accepts directly, saving context

  • Rate Limiting: Built-in protection against rate limits for both search and content fetching

  • Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling and logging

  • LLM-Friendly Output: Results formatted specifically for large language model consumption

Tools (11)

  • query

    Search query string

  • max_results

    Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

  • us-en

    United States (English)

  • cn-zh

    China (Chinese)

  • jp-ja

    Japan (Japanese)

  • de-de

    Germany (German)

  • fr-fr

    France (French)

  • wt-wt

    No specific region

  • start_index

    Character offset to start reading from (for pagination)

  • max_length

    Maximum number of characters to return

  • token

    A ref://<id> token exactly as it appeared in search results (the bare id also works)

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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