DuckDuckGo Search

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Search the web through DuckDuckGo and fetch page content as text, with no API key required.

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uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server

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Connects an assistant to DuckDuckGo web search and adds a content fetching tool that downloads a page and extracts its text. Results are formatted for language models, and long result URLs are replaced with short ref:// tokens that the fetch tool accepts directly to save context.

Runs locally with uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server over stdio by default. SSE and streamable HTTP transports are also available. No sign-in or API key is needed. Optional environment variables set SafeSearch level, default region, rate limits, cache behavior, parse mode and a custom CA bundle. An opt-in curl backend can help when sites block the default HTTP client.

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  • Search the web through DuckDuckGo
  • Fetch and parse webpage content into text
  • Choose text, main content or markdown extraction
  • Set SafeSearch level and default region
  • Rate limiting for search and fetch requests
  • Run over stdio, SSE or streamable HTTP

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  • Search DuckDuckGo for the latest Python 3.13 release notes

  • Find recent articles about WebAssembly and summarize the top results

  • Fetch this URL and give me the main content as markdown

  • Look up the official docs for httpx timeouts and read the page

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Claude Code

  1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:
claude mcp add --transport stdio duckduckgo -- uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server
  1. Start Claude Code and type /mcp. duckduckgo should show as connected.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add:
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "duckduckgo-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.

Needs uv (Python) on your computer. The file lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS and %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows.

Cursor

Add to Cursor a11y.new_tab

Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

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

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

VS Code

Install in VS Code a11y.new_tab

Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"duckduckgo","type":"stdio","command":"uvx","args":["duckduckgo-mcp-server"]}'

Or commit it to the repo in .vscode/mcp.json:

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "duckduckgo": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "duckduckgo-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

Devin Desktop

  1. Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):
mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "duckduckgo-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf.

Codex

codex mcp add duckduckgo -- uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml
[mcp_servers.duckduckgo]
command = "uvx"
args = ["duckduckgo-mcp-server"]

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add duckduckgo uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

Any client

Most clients that start local servers accept this shape:

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

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings, with the same command, args and env fields.

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

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Can I paste mcp.tc/i/duckduckgo into my MCP client?

No. DuckDuckGo Search runs on your own computer, started by your client, so it has no web address to connect to. The quick link is the page to share; the install command is uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server.

Does DuckDuckGo Search need an API key?

No. It doesn't declare any keys or environment variables. It runs with your user account's permissions, so check what its tools can reach.

Is DuckDuckGo Search a remote or a local server?

Local. Your client starts it as a process on your computer with uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server, which needs uv (Python).

What can DuckDuckGo Search do?

You can search the web through DuckDuckGo, fetch and parse webpage content into text and choose text, main content or markdown extraction.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that starts local servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. claude.ai and ChatGPT only connect to remote servers.

Who wrote this page?

mcp.tc's robot read DuckDuckGo Search's public metadata (its package and repository pages), and an AI model drafted the text from it. A person reviews anything the checks can't confirm. The text can still be wrong, so if you spot a mistake, use Report this listing on this page.

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[![DuckDuckGo Search on mcp.tc](https://mcp.tc/i/duckduckgo/badge.svg)](https://mcp.tc/i/duckduckgo)
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<a href="https://mcp.tc/i/duckduckgo"><img src="https://mcp.tc/i/duckduckgo/badge.svg" alt="DuckDuckGo Search on mcp.tc" height="20"></a>

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<iframe src="https://mcp.tc/embed/duckduckgo" title="DuckDuckGo Search on mcp.tc" width="420" height="200" loading="lazy" allow="clipboard-write" style="border:0;border-radius:8px;max-width:100%"></iframe>

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