{"repo":"NousResearch/hermes-agent","public_id":"7361","display_label":"DuckDuckGo search skill deprecated -k flag fix","summary":"Multiple reports and fixes addressing the duckduckgo-search skill's use of the deprecated `-k` flag, which should be replaced with `-q` in current versions of the `ddgs` CLI tool.","subsystem":null,"counts":{"members":7,"open_issues":0,"open_issues_distinct":0,"open_prs":0,"closed_issues":1,"merged_prs":1,"attempt_prs":5},"landed_fix":{"status":"merged_to_main","basis":"structural","pr":12980},"resolution":{"state":"resolved","by":"pr-12980"},"freshness":{"state":"stale","last_verified_at":"2026-04-20T11:15:04+00:00","is_stale":true},"grouping":{"backbone":"STRUCTURAL_SPANNING","link_density":0.2857142857142857},"fix_edges":[{"issue_number":7361,"pr_number":12980,"tier":"verified","basis":"closing_ref","confidence":0.95,"recoverable_from_timeline":true}],"members":[{"kind":"issue","number":7361,"title":"[Bug]: duckduckgo-search skill uses deprecated `-k` flag, causing CLI path to fail on current `ddgs` versions","url":null,"state":"closed"},{"kind":"pr","number":7363,"title":"fix(skills): duckduckgo-search: Use the correct parameter -q (instead of the deprecated/non-working -k)","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"refs":[{"kind":"commit","value":"d41ca86f7","number":0},{"kind":"commit","value":"d41ca86f741fd4921c9d084b3e56b16be319e0ac","number":0},{"kind":"commit","value":"b68bc0ad3","number":0},{"kind":"commit","value":"b68bc0ad33eaa9ef8b7b2f1b86e07693e2f6204c","number":0}],"category":"implemented_elsewhere","implication":"superseded"},"merged":false,"is_fix_pr":true,"fix_tier":"suggested","fix_detail_withheld":true},{"kind":"pr","number":7381,"title":"fix(skills): replace deprecated ddgs `-k` flag with `-q`","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"refs":[{"kind":"pr","value":"#12980","number":12980}],"category":"duplicate_of","implication":"duplicate"},"merged":false},{"kind":"pr","number":7463,"title":"fix(skill): update duckduckgo-search to use `-q` flag (deprecated `-k`)","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"refs":[{"kind":"pr","value":"#12980","number":12980}],"category":"duplicate_of","implication":"duplicate"},"merged":false},{"kind":"pr","number":7499,"title":"fix(skills): replace deprecated ddgs -k flag with -q in duckduckgo-search","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"refs":[{"kind":"pr","value":"#12980","number":12980}],"category":"duplicate_of","implication":"duplicate"},"merged":false},{"kind":"pr","number":11519,"title":"fix(skill/duckduckgo-search): use `-q` instead of deprecated `-k` flag","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"category":"silent_close","implication":"active"},"merged":false},{"kind":"pr","number":12980,"title":"fix(skills): duckduckgo-search — replace deprecated ddgs -k flag with -q","url":null,"state":"merged","close_reason":{"category":"merged","implication":"superseded"},"merged":true,"is_fix_pr":true,"fix_tier":"verified","files_changed":["optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search/SKILL.md","optional-skills/research/duckduckgo-search/scripts/duckduckgo.sh","scripts/release.py"]}],"trust":{"default_tier":"verified","includes_suggested":false}}