ddg-news-search
Search for news articles using DuckDuckGo with options to filter by region, time, and safety level to find relevant current information.
Instructions
Search for news articles using DuckDuckGo
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| keywords | Yes | Search query keywords | |
| region | No | Region code (e.g., wt-wt, us-en, uk-en) | wt-wt |
| safesearch | No | Safe search level | moderate |
| timelimit | No | Time limit (d=day, w=week, m=month) | |
| max_results | No | Maximum number of results to return |
Implementation Reference
- src/ddg_mcp/server.py:285-321 (handler)Executes the ddg-news-search tool: extracts arguments, performs news search using DuckDuckGo's DDGS().news(), formats results into a numbered list with title, source, date, URL, and body.
elif name == "ddg-news-search": keywords = arguments.get("keywords") if not keywords: raise ValueError("Missing keywords") region = arguments.get("region", "wt-wt") safesearch = arguments.get("safesearch", "moderate") timelimit = arguments.get("timelimit") max_results = arguments.get("max_results", 10) # Perform search ddgs = DDGS() results = ddgs.news( keywords=keywords, region=region, safesearch=safesearch, timelimit=timelimit, max_results=max_results ) # Format results formatted_results = f"News search results for '{keywords}':\n\n" for i, result in enumerate(results, 1): formatted_results += ( f"{i}. {result.get('title', 'No title')}\n" f" Source: {result.get('source', 'Unknown')}\n" f" Date: {result.get('date', 'No date')}\n" f" URL: {result.get('url', 'No URL')}\n" f" {result.get('body', 'No description')}\n\n" ) return [ types.TextContent( type="text", text=formatted_results, ) ] - src/ddg_mcp/server.py:128-142 (registration)Registers the ddg-news-search tool in the list_tools() response, including its description and input JSON schema.
types.Tool( name="ddg-news-search", description="Search for news articles using DuckDuckGo", inputSchema={ "type": "object", "properties": { "keywords": {"type": "string", "description": "Search query keywords"}, "region": {"type": "string", "description": "Region code (e.g., wt-wt, us-en, uk-en)", "default": "wt-wt"}, "safesearch": {"type": "string", "enum": ["on", "moderate", "off"], "description": "Safe search level", "default": "moderate"}, "timelimit": {"type": "string", "enum": ["d", "w", "m"], "description": "Time limit (d=day, w=week, m=month)"}, "max_results": {"type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to return", "default": 10}, }, "required": ["keywords"], }, ), - src/ddg_mcp/server.py:131-141 (schema)Defines the input schema for the ddg-news-search tool, specifying properties like keywords (required), region, safesearch, timelimit, max_results.
inputSchema={ "type": "object", "properties": { "keywords": {"type": "string", "description": "Search query keywords"}, "region": {"type": "string", "description": "Region code (e.g., wt-wt, us-en, uk-en)", "default": "wt-wt"}, "safesearch": {"type": "string", "enum": ["on", "moderate", "off"], "description": "Safe search level", "default": "moderate"}, "timelimit": {"type": "string", "enum": ["d", "w", "m"], "description": "Time limit (d=day, w=week, m=month)"}, "max_results": {"type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to return", "default": 10}, }, "required": ["keywords"], },