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DuckDuckGo MCP Server

by rkampani
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DuckDuckGo MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to perform real-time web searches using DuckDuckGo.

Features

  • Web Search: Search the web with DuckDuckGo

  • Content Fetching: Extract clean content from web pages

  • Search Suggestions: Get related search suggestions

  • Dual Mode: stdio (local) and HTTP (remote) support

  • Rate Limiting: Built-in protection against abuse

Quick Start

Local Setup (Claude Desktop)

  1. Install dependencies:

python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt

  1. Configure Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "duckduckgo-search": { "command": "/path/to/venv/bin/python", "args": ["/path/to/run_mcp_server.py"] } } }

Configuration

Option

Default

Description

mode

"http"

"stdio" for local, "http" for remote

port

3000

HTTP port (http mode only)

searchRateLimit

30

Max searches per minute

maxResultsDefault

10

Default number of results

⚠️ Legal Notice

This software uses an DuckDuckGo scraping library.

For Educational Use Only:

  • ✅ Personal learning and research

  • ✅ Local development and testing

  • ❌ Commercial use or production deployments

  • ❌ High-volume automated searches

No Warranty: Use at your own risk. The author assumes no liability.

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