Koskamo

DuckDuckGo MCP

A community-maintained Model Context Protocol server that enables AI agents to perform web searches via DuckDuckGo. It supports advanced features such as content fetching, intelligent text extraction from webpages, and long URL shortening. The server includes built-in rate limiting, error handling, and configuration options for SafeSearch and regional settings to provide LLM-friendly output.

Package and access

Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.

DuckDuckGo MCP logo, by nickclydeCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by nickclyde
You need:Install from PyPI using uv : uv pip install duckduckgo-mcp-server
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Search DuckDuckGo for real-time web information
  • Fetch and parse webpage content for context
  • Shorten long URLs to ref:// tokens for efficient context management
  • Configure SafeSearch and regional settings for search results

Source and maintenance

Community listing
docker-mcp: duckduckgoSource repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Packages and installation

Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.

mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f

oci
mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f package definition
{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry-1.docker.io"
}

Tools

Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.

fetch_content
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
fetch_content input schema
{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}
search
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
search input schema
{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

Connect from your client

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "duckduckgo-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/duckduckgo@sha256:5617c4c60f48f47556c0735de7a73f6abd731c132c65ec8c720b511819c9f88f"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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