ddgr

Use ddgr for terminal-first web search when the task benefits from local CLI execution, reproducible flags, or JSON output that can be filtered further in-shell.

Treat ddgr as the discovery layer. Use it to find candidate URLs quickly, then hand selected URLs to a browser automation or page-inspection tool such as playwright-cli when the task requires reading page contents, following navigation, or validating page behavior.

When To Use

• The user explicitly wants ddgr or DuckDuckGo via CLI.
• You need search results from a local command rather than the built-in web tool.
• You want machine-friendly output with --json --np.
• You need DuckDuckGo-specific features such as bangs, region, time, or site filtering.
• You want to collect likely target URLs first, then inspect the shortlisted pages with another tool.

Default Workflow