# Send ddgs-search to your agent
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
## Fast path
- Download the package from Yavira.
- Extract it into a folder your agent can access.
- Paste one of the prompts below and point your agent at the extracted folder.
## Suggested prompts
### New install

```text
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
```
### Upgrade existing

```text
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
```
## Machine-readable fields
```json
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    "name": "ddgs-search",
    "source": "tencent",
    "type": "skill",
    "category": "开发工具",
    "sourceUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/camopel/ddgs-search",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/camopel/ddgs-search",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw"
  },
  "install": {
    "downloadUrl": "/downloads/ddgs-search",
    "sourceDownloadUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=ddgs-search",
    "sourcePlatform": "tencent",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw",
    "packageFormat": "ZIP package",
    "primaryDoc": "SKILL.md",
    "includedAssets": [
      "README.md",
      "SKILL.md",
      "scripts/arxiv_search.py",
      "scripts/install.py",
      "scripts/search.py"
    ],
    "downloadMode": "redirect",
    "sourceHealth": {
      "source": "tencent",
      "slug": "ddgs-search",
      "status": "healthy",
      "reason": "direct_download_ok",
      "recommendedAction": "download",
      "checkedAt": "2026-05-11T22:31:34.563Z",
      "expiresAt": "2026-05-18T22:31:34.563Z",
      "httpStatus": 200,
      "finalUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=ddgs-search",
      "contentType": "application/zip",
      "probeMethod": "head",
      "details": {
        "probeUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=ddgs-search",
        "contentDisposition": "attachment; filename=\"ddgs-search-1.2.0.zip\"",
        "redirectLocation": null,
        "bodySnippet": null,
        "slug": "ddgs-search"
      },
      "scope": "item",
      "summary": "Item download looks usable.",
      "detail": "Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.",
      "primaryActionLabel": "Download for OpenClaw",
      "primaryActionHref": "/downloads/ddgs-search"
    },
    "validation": {
      "installChecklist": [
        "Use the Yavira download entry.",
        "Review SKILL.md after the package is downloaded.",
        "Confirm the extracted package contains the expected setup assets."
      ],
      "postInstallChecks": [
        "Confirm the extracted package includes the expected docs or setup files.",
        "Validate the skill or prompts are available in your target agent workspace.",
        "Capture any manual follow-up steps the agent could not complete."
      ]
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "detailUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search",
    "downloadUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/ddgs-search",
    "agentUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search/agent",
    "manifestUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search/agent.json",
    "briefUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search/agent.md"
  }
}
```
## Documentation

### Why This Skill?

🆓 Completely free — no API keys, no subscriptions, no rate limits, no billing surprises.

🔍 8 search engines in one — Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Yandex, Yahoo, Wikipedia, and Mojeek. Switch engines with a single flag. Most search skills only support one.

🎓 Built-in arXiv research search — search academic papers directly via arXiv's free API. Returns authors, categories, abstracts, and publication dates. Perfect for researchers, students, and AI/ML practitioners.

🔌 Drop-in replacement — outputs web-search-plus compatible JSON, so it works with any skill or tool that expects that format. Zero config migration.

⚡ Lightweight — single pip package, no browser automation, no headless Chrome. Searches complete in 1-3 seconds.

### Install

python3 scripts/install.py

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Installs the ddgs package, verifies CLI access, and runs a quick search test.

### Manual install

pip install ddgs

### CLI wrapper (recommended)

The ddgs-search wrapper outputs clean JSON to stdout with no interactive prompts or abort issues:

# Google (default)
ddgs-search "your query" 5 google

# Other engines
ddgs-search "your query" 3 duckduckgo
ddgs-search "your query" 5 brave
ddgs-search "your query" 10 yandex

### Python script (web-search-plus compatible JSON)

# Google (default)
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -m 5

# Other engines
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b duckduckgo
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b brave
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b yandex
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b yahoo
python3 scripts/search.py -q "your query" -b wikipedia

Output (web-search-plus compatible JSON):

{
  "provider": "ddgs",
  "results": [
    {"title": "...", "url": "...", "snippet": "...", "published_date": "..."}
  ]
}

### arXiv Search

# Search by topic
python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "3D gaussian splatting" -m 10

# Field-specific search (title, abstract, category)
python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "ti:transformer AND cat:cs.CV" -m 5

# Sort by relevance instead of date
python3 scripts/arxiv_search.py -q "reinforcement learning" --sort-by relevance

Returns authors, categories, abstracts — same JSON format.

### Direct CLI

⚠️ The raw ddgs text CLI has a pagination bug (input() call → Aborted! + exit code 1 in non-TTY contexts). Use ddgs-search wrapper or -o file.json instead.

ddgs text -q "query" -m 5 -b google -o /tmp/results.json

### Integration

Set WEB_SEARCH_PLUS_PATH to use as a search backend for other skills:

export WEB_SEARCH_PLUS_PATH="path/to/ddgs-search/scripts/search.py"
## Trust
- Source: tencent
- Verification: Indexed source record
- Publisher: camopel
- Version: 1.2.0
## Source health
- Status: healthy
- Item download looks usable.
- Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.
- Health scope: item
- Reason: direct_download_ok
- Checked at: 2026-05-11T22:31:34.563Z
- Expires at: 2026-05-18T22:31:34.563Z
- Recommended action: Download for OpenClaw
## Links
- [Detail page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search)
- [Send to Agent page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search/agent)
- [JSON manifest](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search/agent.json)
- [Markdown brief](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/ddgs-search/agent.md)
- [Download page](https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/ddgs-search)