DuckDuckGo Search MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search capabilities through DuckDuckGo, with additional features for content fetching and parsing.

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configDDG_SAFE_SEARCH— "": "STRICT",

configDDG_REGION— "": "cn-zh"

configDDG_SEARCH_BACKEND— Configure the search backend with the --search-backend CLI flag or the environment variable (auto (default) / httpx / curl):

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commit: 8992977d65a086995c82826ceead42e890aa17c1

code hash: e4f76bf222a1eb47d772ebc272750ee069eb0fb895babc3cbec2a1b6432c1b0d

verified: 7/2/2026, 9:18:47 AM

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