Free web search via DuckDuckGo — text, news, images, videos. No API key needed. Prefer the `ddgs` CLI when installed; use the Python DDGS library only after verifying that `ddgs` is available in the current runtime.
Install
npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill duckduckgo-searchnpx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill duckduckgo-search -a claude-code -gnpx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill duckduckgo-search -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git --path optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-searchgh skill install NousResearch/hermes-agent duckduckgo-searchgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent /tmp/NousResearch__hermes-agent
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/NousResearch__hermes-agent/optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search ~/.claude/skills/duckduckgo-search # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/NousResearch__hermes-agent/optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search ~/.agents/skills/duckduckgo-search # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode