DuckDuckGo Search via web_fetch Staj

Search the web using DuckDuckGo Lite's HTML interface, parsed via web_fetch. No API key or package install required.

How to Search

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• - 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
• INLINECODE6 — United States
• INLINECODE7 — United Kingdom
• INLINECODE8 — Germany
• INLINECODE9 — France

Full list: https://duckduckgo.com/params

Example — Australian search

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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. 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: INLINECODE11
• 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)