Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @shelehovnick1-spec/ddg-1-0-0
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install ddg-1-0-0
What This Skill Does
ddgr is a command-line tool that runs DuckDuckGo searches directly from the terminal without opening a browser. It supports non-interactive and interactive modes, JSON output, site-specific searches, time filtering, and DuckDuckGo bangs.
ddgr keeps you in the terminal and avoids browser tracking, making it faster than opening a browser for quick lookups and usable in shell scripts.
When to use it
- Searching the web from a terminal session without switching to a browser
- Running privacy-focused searches in scripts or automation pipelines
- Using DuckDuckGo bangs to jump directly to Wikipedia, YouTube, or GitHub results
- Filtering search results by time range to find recent documentation or news
- Extracting search results as JSON for further processing
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: find recent Python 3.12 documentation from the past month
AGENT
- 1Runs ddgr with the query and time filter: snap run ddgr "Python 3.12 features" --time m --np
- 2Receives a list of results with titles, URLs, and snippets in the terminal
- 3Optionally re-runs with --json to get structured output
- 4Parses or displays the top results to the user
OUTPUT
A list of recent Python 3.12 documentation pages and articles published within the past month