feat: add DuckDuckGo search tool

.changeset/clever-pens-mix.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-llama": patch
+---
+
+Add DuckDuckGo search tool

helpers/tools.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,29 @@ export const supportedTools: Tool[] = [
       },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    // For python app, we will use a local DuckDuckGo search tool (instead of DuckDuckGo search tool in LlamaHub)
+    // to get the same results as the TS app.
+    display: "DuckDuckGo Search",
+    name: "duckduckgo",
+    dependencies: [
+      {
+        name: "duckduckgo-search",
+        version: "6.1.7",
+      },
+    ],
+    supportedFrameworks: ["fastapi", "nextjs", "express"],
+    type: ToolType.LOCAL,
+    envVars: [
+      {
+        name: TOOL_SYSTEM_PROMPT_ENV_VAR,
+        description: "System prompt for DuckDuckGo search tool.",
+        value: `You are a DuckDuckGo search agent. 
+You can use the duckduckgo search tool to get information from the web to answer user questions.
+For better results, you can specify the region parameter to get results from a specific region but it's optional.`,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
   {
     display: "Wikipedia",
     name: "wikipedia.WikipediaToolSpec",

templates/components/engines/python/agent/tools/duckduckgo.py

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+from llama_index.core.tools.function_tool import FunctionTool
+
+
+def duckduckgo_search(
+    query: str,
+    region: str = "wt-wt",
+    max_results: int = 10,
+):
+    """
+    Use this function to search for any query in DuckDuckGo.
+    Args:
+        query (str): The query to search in DuckDuckGo.
+        region Optional(str): The region to be used for the search in [country-language] convention, ex us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc...
+        max_results Optional(int): The maximum number of results to be returned. Default is 10.
+    """
+    try:
+        from duckduckgo_search import DDGS
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "duckduckgo_search package is required to use this function."
+            "Please install it by running: `poetry add duckduckgo_search` or `pip install duckduckgo_search`"
+        )
+
+    params = {
+        "keywords": query,
+        "region": region,
+        "max_results": max_results,
+    }
+    results = []
+    with DDGS() as ddg:
+        results = list(ddg.text(**params))
+    return results
+
+
+def get_tools():
+    return [FunctionTool.from_defaults(duckduckgo_search)]

templates/components/engines/typescript/agent/tools/duckduckgo.ts

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+import { JSONSchemaType } from "ajv";
+import { search } from "duck-duck-scrape";
+import { BaseTool, ToolMetadata } from "llamaindex";
+
+export type DuckDuckGoParameter = {
+  query: string;
+  region?: string;
+};
+
+export type DuckDuckGoToolParams = {
+  metadata?: ToolMetadata<JSONSchemaType<DuckDuckGoParameter>>;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_META_DATA: ToolMetadata<JSONSchemaType<DuckDuckGoParameter>> = {
+  name: "duckduckgo",
+  description: "Use this function to search for any query in DuckDuckGo.",
+  parameters: {
+    type: "object",
+    properties: {
+      query: {
+        type: "string",
+        description: "The query to search in DuckDuckGo.",
+      },
+      region: {
+        type: "string",
+        description:
+          "Optional, The region to be used for the search in [country-language] convention, ex us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc...",
+        nullable: true,
+      },
+    },
+    required: ["query"],
+  },
+};
+
+type DuckDuckGoSearchResult = {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  url: string;
+};
+
+export class DuckDuckGoSearchTool implements BaseTool<DuckDuckGoParameter> {
+  metadata: ToolMetadata<JSONSchemaType<DuckDuckGoParameter>>;
+
+  constructor(params: DuckDuckGoToolParams) {
+    this.metadata = params.metadata ?? DEFAULT_META_DATA;
+  }
+
+  async call(input: DuckDuckGoParameter) {
+    const { query, region } = input;
+    const options = region ? { region } : {};
+    const searchResults = await search(query, options);
+
+    return searchResults.results.map((result) => {
+      return {
+        title: result.title,
+        description: result.description,
+        url: result.url,
+      } as DuckDuckGoSearchResult;
+    });
+  }
+}

templates/components/engines/typescript/agent/tools/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { BaseToolWithCall } from "llamaindex";
 import { ToolsFactory } from "llamaindex/tools/ToolsFactory";
+import { DuckDuckGoSearchTool, DuckDuckGoToolParams } from "./duckduckgo";
 import { InterpreterTool, InterpreterToolParams } from "./interpreter";
 import { OpenAPIActionTool } from "./openapi-action";
 import { WeatherTool, WeatherToolParams } from "./weather";
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ const toolFactory: Record<string, ToolCreator> = {
     );
     return await openAPIActionTool.toToolFunctions();
   },
+  duckduckgo: async (config: unknown) => {
+    return [new DuckDuckGoSearchTool(config as DuckDuckGoToolParams)];
+  },
 };
 
 async function createLocalTools(

templates/types/streaming/express/package.json

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "ai": "^3.0.21",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "duck-duck-scrape": "^2.2.5",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "llamaindex": "0.3.16",
     "pdf2json": "3.0.5",

templates/types/streaming/nextjs/package.json

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "duck-duck-scrape": "^2.2.5",
     "llamaindex": "0.3.16",
     "lucide-react": "^0.294.0",
     "next": "^14.0.3",