Description

All search tools (web_search, web.run search_query) produce unusable results:

1. DuckDuckGo — returns "bot challenge" error, never succeeds
2. Bing fallback — returns results from unrelated French spam forum (astralia.forumgratuit.org) instead of actual search results, regardless of query

web.run open to search engines (Google, Brave) returns empty.

Steps to Reproduce

Query: "australia swimming pool certifier course cost"

• Expected: Links to Australian RTO course pages
• Actual: 8 results from astralia.forumgratuit.org (French forum spam)

Every query across ~10 attempts produces the same garbage.

Impact

Search is completely non-functional. Only fetch_url with known-good URLs works.

Environment

• DeepSeek TUI on macOS
• Session date: 2026-05-07
• Both web_search and web.run affected

Suggested Fix

Add a working search backend:

• Google Custom Search API
• SerpAPI
• Brave Search API
• Or fix the DDG integration