ddgs-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDGS_PROXY | No | Proxy URL passed to DDGS (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:1080). Useful behind a rotating proxy to avoid bans. | |
| DDGS_REGION | No | Default region code (e.g. pl-pl, de-de, wt-wt). | us-en |
| DDGS_BACKEND | No | Default backend for search calls. | auto |
| DDGS_TIMEOUT | No | Per-request timeout in seconds. | 10 |
| DDGS_MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Server log verbosity. | INFO |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
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Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| web_searchA | Web search (web results) via DDGS metasearch. No API key. Args: query: search query. max_results: number of results (1-25). region: e.g. "us-en", "pl-pl", "de-de", "wt-wt" (worldwide, no region). safesearch: "on" | "moderate" | "off". timelimit: "d" (day), "w" (week), "m" (month), "y" (year), or None. backend: "auto" (randomized multi-engine, recommended) or specific: duckduckgo, bing, brave, google, mojeek, startpage, yahoo, wikipedia, grokipedia. snippet_chars: max snippet length per result (0 = no snippet). |
| news_searchA | News search via DDGS (DuckDuckGo/Bing/Yahoo news backends). No API key. Args: query: news query. max_results: number of results (1-25). region: e.g. "us-en", "pl-pl", "wt-wt". timelimit: "d" | "w" | "m" | "y" or None. backend: "auto" or one of: duckduckgo, bing, yahoo. snippet_chars: max snippet length (0 = none). |
| image_searchA | Image search via DDGS (DuckDuckGo/Bing image backends). No API key. Args: query: image query. max_results: number of results (1-25). region: e.g. "us-en", "wt-wt". safesearch: "on" | "moderate" | "off". backend: "auto" or one of: duckduckgo, bing. |
| video_searchA | Video search via DDGS (DuckDuckGo video backend). No API key. Args: query: video query. max_results: number of results (1-25). region: e.g. "us-en", "wt-wt". backend: "auto" or "duckduckgo". snippet_chars: max description length (0 = none). |
| web_extractA | Extract readable content from 1-5 web pages (markdown by default). Use after web_search/news_search to read the actual page content. Args: urls: 1-5 absolute http(s) URLs to extract. max_chars: max characters of content returned per page (default 6000). fmt: "text_markdown" | "text_plain" | "text_rich" | "text" (raw HTML) | "content" (bytes->str). |
| search_statusA | Health/diagnostics: DDGS version, configured backend/region/timeout/proxy, available backends per category, and a live ping search. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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