Introduction
# 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)