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Ddgs Search by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Ddgs Search
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

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DDGS search

Web search and content extraction using the DDGS library. No browser required.

Usage

Run from any directory:

uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming"                     # Basic search (5 results)
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" --proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080  # Use proxy
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "russia filetype:pdf"                    # Search with advanced query
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -n 20               # More results
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -r uk-en            # UK English results
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -s off              # Disable safesearch
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -t w2               # Results from the last two weeks
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -p 2                # Page 2 of results
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -b "bing,google"    # Use specific backends
uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" --brief             # Show only snippets (no full text extraction)

Options

-n, --max-results <num> - Maximum number of results (default: 5)
-r, --region <code> - Region/language code: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. (default: us-en)
-s, --safesearch <level> - Safesearch level: on, moderate, off (default: off)
-t, --timelimit <period> - Time limit: d, w, m, y. (default: None)
-p, --page <num> - Page number of results (default: 1)
-b, --backend <backends> - Single or comma-delimited backends (default: auto)
- available backends: bing, brave, duckduckgo, google, grokipedia, mojeek, yandex, yahoo, wikipedia
--proxy <url> - Proxy URL (default: None)
--brief - Suppress full text extraction from webpages (show only snippets)

Output Format

By default, the tool fetches and displays full text from each webpage:

--- Result 1 ---
Title: Python (programming language)
Href: https://grokipedia.com/page/Python_(programming_language)
Body: Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language designed for code readability and simplicity, featuring a dynamic type system and support for...

Full Text:
----------------------------------------
# Python (programming language)

Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language...

[... truncated ...]
----------------------------------------

--- Result 2 ---
...

Use --brief to show only the search result snippets without full text extraction.

When to Use

Searching for documentation or API references
Looking up facts or current information
Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing

Next Steps

Useful commands

Use curl to fetch webpage or download files
Use uvx html2text to convert webpages into readable text
Use pdftotext or uvx pdfplumber to extract text from PDF documents

---name: ddgs-searchdescription: Web search via the DDGS metasearch library. Use for searching for unknown documentation, facts, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.--- # DDGS search Web search and content extraction using the DDGS library. No browser required. ## Usage Run from any directory: ```bash uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" # Basic search (5 results) uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" --proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080 # Use proxy uv run {baseDir}/search.py "russia filetype:pdf" # Search with advanced query uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -n 20 # More results uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -r uk-en # UK English results uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -s off # Disable safesearch uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -t w2 # Results from the last two weeks uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -p 2 # Page 2 of results uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" -b "bing,google" # Use specific backends uv run {baseDir}/search.py "python programming" --brief # Show only snippets (no full text extraction) ``` ### Options - `-n, --max-results <num>` - Maximum number of results (default: 5) - `-r, --region <code>` - Region/language code: us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. (default: us-en) - `-s, --safesearch <level>` - Safesearch level: on, moderate, off (default: off) - `-t, --timelimit <period>` - Time limit: d, w, m, y. (default: None) - `-p, --page <num>` - Page number of results (default: 1) - `-b, --backend <backends>` - Single or comma-delimited backends (default: auto) - available backends: bing, brave, duckduckgo, google, grokipedia, mojeek, yandex, yahoo, wikipedia - `--proxy <url>` - Proxy URL (default: None) - `--brief` - Suppress full text extraction from webpages (show only snippets) ### Output Format By default, the tool fetches and displays full text from each webpage: ```plaintext --- Result 1 --- Title: Python (programming language) Href: https://grokipedia.com/page/Python_(programming_language) Body: Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language designed for code readability and simplicity, featuring a dynamic type system and support for... Full Text: ---------------------------------------- # Python (programming language) Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language... [... truncated ...] ---------------------------------------- --- Result 2 --- ... ``` Use `--brief` to show only the search result snippets without full text extraction. ## When to Use - Searching for documentation or API references - Looking up facts or current information - Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing ## Next Steps ### Useful commands - Use `curl` to fetch webpage or download files - Use `uvx html2text` to convert webpages into readable text - Use `pdftotext` or `uvx pdfplumber` to extract text from PDF documents

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