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johnalbertini14-glitch (@johnalbertini14-glitch) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Ddgs Search by johnalbertini14-glitch

Name: Ddgs Search
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: johnalbertini14-glitch

Ddgs Search

Free multi-engine web search via ddgs CLI (DuckDuckGo, Google, Bing, Brave, Yandex, Yahoo, Wikipedia) + arXiv API search. No API keys required. Use when user needs web search, research paper discovery, or when other skills need a search backend. Drop-in replacement for web-search-plus.

File contents

ddgs-search

Why This Skill?

🆓 Completely free — no API keys, no subscriptions, no rate limits, no billing surprises.

🔍 8 search engines in one — Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Yandex, Yahoo, Wikipedia, and Mojeek. Switch engines with a single flag. Most search skills only support one.

🎓 Built-in arXiv research search — search academic papers directly via arXiv's free API. Returns authors, categories, abstracts, and publication dates. Perfect for researchers, students, and AI/ML practitioners.

🔌 Drop-in replacement — outputs web-search-plus compatible JSON, so it works with any skill or tool that expects that format. Zero config migration.

⚡ Lightweight — single pip package, no browser automation, no headless Chrome. Searches complete in 1-3 seconds.

Install

python3 scripts/install.py

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Installs the ddgs package, verifies CLI access, and runs a quick search test.

Manual install

pip install ddgs

Web Search

# Google (default)
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -m 5

# Other engines
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b bing
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b duckduckgo
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b brave
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b yandex
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b yahoo
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b wikipedia

Output (web-search-plus compatible JSON):

{
  "provider": "ddgs",
  "results": [
    {"title": "...", "url": "...", "snippet": "...", "published_date": "..."}
  ]
}

arXiv Search

# Search by topic
python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "3D gaussian splatting" -m 10

# Field-specific search (title, abstract, category)
python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "ti:transformer AND cat:cs.CV" -m 5

# Sort by relevance instead of date
python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "reinforcement learning" --sort-by relevance

Returns authors, categories, abstracts — same JSON format.

Direct CLI

ddgs text -q "query" -m 5 -b google
ddgs text -q "query" -m 10 -b bing -o /tmp/results.json

Integration

Set WEB_SEARCH_PLUS_PATH to use as a search backend for other skills:

export WEB_SEARCH_PLUS_PATH="path/to/ddgs-search/scripts/search.py"

---name: ddgs-searchdescription: Free multi-engine web search via ddgs CLI (DuckDuckGo, Google, Bing, Brave, Yandex, Yahoo, Wikipedia) + arXiv API search. No API keys required. Use when user needs web search, research paper discovery, or when other skills need a search backend. Drop-in replacement for web-search-plus.---# ddgs-search## Why This Skill?🆓 **Completely free** — no API keys, no subscriptions, no rate limits, no billing surprises.🔍 **8 search engines in one** — Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Yandex, Yahoo, Wikipedia, and Mojeek. Switch engines with a single flag. Most search skills only support one.🎓 **Built-in arXiv research search** — search academic papers directly via arXiv's free API. Returns authors, categories, abstracts, and publication dates. Perfect for researchers, students, and AI/ML practitioners.🔌 **Drop-in replacement** — outputs web-search-plus compatible JSON, so it works with any skill or tool that expects that format. Zero config migration.⚡ **Lightweight** — single pip package, no browser automation, no headless Chrome. Searches complete in 1-3 seconds.## Install```bashpython3 scripts/install.py```Works on **macOS, Linux, and Windows**. Installs the `ddgs` package, verifies CLI access, and runs a quick search test.### Manual install```bashpip install ddgs```## Web Search```bash# Google (default)python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -m 5# Other enginespython3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b bingpython3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b duckduckgopython3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b bravepython3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b yandexpython3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b yahoopython3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b wikipedia```Output (web-search-plus compatible JSON):```json{ "provider": "ddgs", "results": [ {"title": "...", "url": "...", "snippet": "...", "published_date": "..."} ]}```## arXiv Search```bash# Search by topicpython3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "3D gaussian splatting" -m 10# Field-specific search (title, abstract, category)python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "ti:transformer AND cat:cs.CV" -m 5# Sort by relevance instead of datepython3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "reinforcement learning" --sort-by relevance```Returns authors, categories, abstracts — same JSON format.## Direct CLI```bashddgs text -q "query" -m 5 -b googleddgs text -q "query" -m 10 -b bing -o /tmp/results.json```## IntegrationSet `WEB_SEARCH_PLUS_PATH` to use as a search backend for other skills:```bashexport WEB_SEARCH_PLUS_PATH="path/to/ddgs-search/scripts/search.py"```

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