diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/web/search/providers/duckduckgo.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/web/search/providers/duckduckgo.ts
index aeb411cbe..72756fe68 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/web/search/providers/duckduckgo.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/web/search/providers/duckduckgo.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { AuthStorage } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai";
 import type { SearchResponse, SearchSource } from "../../../web/search/types";
 import { SearchProviderError } from "../../../web/search/types";
 import type { QuerySyntax } from "../query";
-import { formatScraperQuery } from "../query";
+import { formatScraperQuery, parseSearchQuery } from "../query";
 import { clampNumResults } from "../utils";
 import type { SearchParams } from "./base";
 import { SearchProvider } from "./base";
@@ -246,9 +246,10 @@ export function localeToKl(lang: string | undefined): string | undefined {
 }
 
 async function callDuckDuckGoHtml(params: SearchParams): Promise<string> {
+	const parsed = params.parsedQuery ?? parseSearchQuery(params.query);
 	const form = new URLSearchParams({
-		q: formatScraperQuery(params.query, params.parsedQuery, DDG_QUERY_SYNTAX),
-		kl: localeToKl(params.parsedQuery?.lang) ?? "us-en",
+		q: formatScraperQuery(params.query, parsed, DDG_QUERY_SYNTAX),
+		kl: localeToKl(parsed.lang) ?? "us-en",
 	});
 	const df = params.recency ? RECENCY_TO_DDG_DF[params.recency] : undefined;
 	if (df) form.set("df", df);
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/web/search/duckduckgo.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/web/search/duckduckgo.test.ts
index 071c46632..6ab1ad4ec 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/web/search/duckduckgo.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/web/search/duckduckgo.test.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ describe("localeToKl", () => {
 describe("searchDuckDuckGo kl parameter (integration)", () => {
 	const fakeAuthStorage = {} as unknown as AuthStorage;
 
-	async function effectiveForm(query: string): Promise<URLSearchParams> {
+	async function effectiveForm(query: string, opts: { withParsedQuery?: boolean } = {}): Promise<URLSearchParams> {
+		const withParsedQuery = opts.withParsedQuery ?? true;
 		let body: string | undefined;
 		const fetchMock: FetchImpl = async (_input, init) => {
 			body = init?.body as string;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ describe("searchDuckDuckGo kl parameter (integration)", () => {
 		};
 		await searchDuckDuckGo({
 			query,
-			parsedQuery: parseSearchQuery(query),
+			parsedQuery: withParsedQuery ? parseSearchQuery(query) : undefined,
 			systemPrompt: "",
 			authStorage: fakeAuthStorage,
 			fetch: fetchMock,
@@ -84,4 +85,10 @@ describe("searchDuckDuckGo kl parameter (integration)", () => {
 		const form = await effectiveForm("weather lang:de");
 		expect(form.get("kl")).toBe("us-en");
 	});
+
+	it("parses lang: from the raw query when parsedQuery is omitted (direct call)", async () => {
+		const form = await effectiveForm("weather lang:de-de", { withParsedQuery: false });
+		expect(form.get("q")).toBe("weather");
+		expect(form.get("kl")).toBe("de-de");
+	});
 });