MCP Server
Retrieval & Memory
DuckDuckGo MCP
1Private 2web 3search 4for 5your 6agent
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Maintained by community developer nickclyde.
W2
What
It lets an agent run DuckDuckGo web searches and fetch page content without an API key.
W3
Where
It runs locally as a Python server that scrapes DuckDuckGo's public results.
W4
When
An agent reaches for it when it needs free web search without provider credentials.
W5
Why
It provides no-key, privacy-oriented web search for agents.
W6
With
Python (commonly run via uvx); no account or API key required.
W7
Watch
Community-maintained by an individual; read-only search with no credentials, but it relies on DuckDuckGo's unofficial endpoints, which can break or rate-limit. All requests are outbound to DuckDuckGo.
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