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---
title: DuckDuckGo
description: Search with DuckDuckGo
---
import { BlockInfoCard } from "@/components/ui/block-info-card"
<BlockInfoCard
type="duckduckgo"
color="#FFFFFF"
/>
{/* MANUAL-CONTENT-START:intro */}
[DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) is a privacy-focused web search engine that delivers instant answers, abstracts, related topics, and more — without tracking you or your searches. DuckDuckGo makes it easy to find information without any user profiling or targeted ads.
With DuckDuckGo in Sim, you can:
- **Search the web**: Instantly find answers, facts, and overviews for a given search query
- **Get direct answers**: Retrieve specific responses for calculations, conversions, or factual queries
- **Access abstracts**: Receive short summaries or descriptions for your search topics
- **Fetch related topics**: Discover links and references relevant to your search
- **Filter output**: Optionally remove HTML or skip disambiguation for cleaner results
These features enable your Sim agents to automate access to fresh web knowledge — from surfacing facts in a workflow, to enriching documents and analysis with up-to-date information. Because DuckDuckGos Instant Answers API is open and does not require an API key, its simple and privacy-safe to integrate into your automated business processes.
{/* MANUAL-CONTENT-END */}
## Usage Instructions
Search the web using DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API. Returns instant answers, abstracts, related topics, and more. Free to use without an API key.
## Tools
### `duckduckgo_search`
Search the web using DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API. Returns instant answers, abstracts, and related topics for your query. Free to use without an API key.
#### Input
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `query` | string | Yes | The search query to execute |
| `noHtml` | boolean | No | Remove HTML from text in results \(default: true\) |
| `skipDisambig` | boolean | No | Skip disambiguation results \(default: false\) |
#### Output
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `heading` | string | The heading/title of the instant answer |
| `abstract` | string | A short abstract summary of the topic |
| `abstractText` | string | Plain text version of the abstract |
| `abstractSource` | string | The source of the abstract \(e.g., Wikipedia\) |
| `abstractURL` | string | URL to the source of the abstract |
| `image` | string | URL to an image related to the topic |
| `answer` | string | Direct answer if available \(e.g., for calculations\) |
| `answerType` | string | Type of the answer \(e.g., calc, ip, etc.\) |
| `type` | string | Response type: A \(article\), D \(disambiguation\), C \(category\), N \(name\), E \(exclusive\) |
| `relatedTopics` | array | Array of related topics with URLs and descriptions |
| ↳ `FirstURL` | string | URL to the related topic |
| ↳ `Text` | string | Description of the related topic |
| ↳ `Result` | string | HTML result snippet |
| `results` | array | Array of external link results |
| ↳ `FirstURL` | string | URL of the result |
| ↳ `Text` | string | Description of the result |
| ↳ `Result` | string | HTML result snippet |