DuckDuckGo Search

Add to your client

Copy the config for your MCP client and paste it into its config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "duckduckgo-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Before you start

• Python 3 and the uv package manager (provides the uvx launcher); pip install is also supported
• No API key or account required

About DuckDuckGo Search

Tools & capabilities (2)

When to use it

• Use it when you want web search in an LLM client without registering for an API key.
• Use it when you need the model to read the full text of a specific page it found.
• Use it when you want a free, privacy-leaning alternative to paid search APIs.
• Use it when working through large pages that need to be paginated for the model's context window.
• Use it when you need region- or safesearch-aware results configured at startup.

Quick setup

1. 1Install uv (which provides uvx), or install the package with pip.
2. 2Add the server to your MCP client config with command `uvx` and args `["duckduckgo-mcp-server"]`.
3. 3Optionally set DDG_SAFE_SEARCH and DDG_REGION environment variables.
4. 4Restart the MCP client.
5. 5Verify by asking the model to search the web and then fetch one of the result pages.

DuckDuckGo Search FAQ