---
id: duckduckgo-mcp
version: "3.0.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# duckduckgo-mcp — DEPRECATED: This package has been renamed to web-forager. Install web-forager instead.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 328.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

duckduckgo-mcp is a deprecated package that has been renamed to web-forager. It was designed to give AI agents practical web research workflows packaged as Agent Skills. The package integrates DuckDuckGo search, direct page fetching, and Jina Reader for complex content extraction, returning results formatted for LLM consumption. It supports six research skills: article-audit (evaluating article accuracy and framing), deep-research (general lookups and deep dives), fact-check (verifying specific claims), news-monitor (recent updates), competitive-intel (market analysis), and tech-advisor (technology evaluation).

The package works with 50+ coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, VS Code/GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Pi Coding Agent, Kiro CLI, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, and JetBrains IDEs. It requires Python >=3.10 and runs as Agent Skills by default, with an optional MCP server fallback for tools that do not support skills. However, because this package is deprecated, new installations should use web-forager instead.

Use it for:

- Research current state of open-source projects or technologies with adaptive reports and citations.
- Verify specific factual claims against DuckDuckGo results and supporting/contradicting evidence.
- Audit full articles for accuracy, omissions, framing bias, and missing credible voices.
- Monitor recent news and updates on a topic in chronological briefing format.
- Analyze competitive landscape and market positioning for product or technology decisions.
- Evaluate technology adoption decisions with evidence-backed recommendations.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

This package is deprecated; install web-forager instead. It provides web research skills for AI agents, including DuckDuckGo search, page fetching, news monitoring, fact-checking, and article auditing.

No. This package is deprecated; the summary explicitly states 'Install web-forager instead.' While it has active maintenance, low install friction, and no known vulnerabilities, installing a deprecated package defeats the purpose. Install web-forager directly to avoid future maintenance burden and ensure you receive ongoing updates.

## Install

pip install duckduckgo-mcp
uv add duckduckgo-mcp
poetry add duckduckgo-mcp

## Installing duckduckgo-mcp

Before you install: Active maintenance as of 2026-08-09, but the package itself is marked deprecated in favor of web-forager. Low install friction with a single runtime dependency (web-forager). Do not install this package; use web-forager directly instead.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, typical for permissive open-source projects.

Quickstart:

# This package is deprecated. Install web-forager instead:
# pip install web-forager
# or for agent integration:
# npx skills@latest add CyranoB/web-forager

This package is deprecated and should not be installed. Use web-forager instead. Python >=3.10 is required.

Verify before relying:

- Whether web-forager is a drop-in replacement or requires migration steps beyond a simple package swap.
- Current status and timeline for full deprecation of duckduckgo-mcp.
- Whether the six skills (article-audit, deep-research, fact-check, news-monitor, competitive-intel, tech-advisor) are fully functional in the current release.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 328.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

web research for ai agents, duckduckgo search integration, fact checking tool, news monitoring agent skill, article audit automation, web scraping for llms, agent web research workflow, deprecated-use-web-forager, ai-agent-skills, web-research

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