Enables searching academic papers and preprints on the arXiv repository via the Reader API
Supports deployment of the MCP server to Cloudflare Workers infrastructure
Provides image search functionality across the web similar to Google Images via the Reader API
Converts web page content to clean, structured markdown format through URL reading capabilities
Uses the mcp-remote package from npm as a local proxy to connect to the remote MCP server for clients that don't support remote MCP servers
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Jina AI Remote MCP Server read this article for me: https://example.com/tech-news"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
A remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Jina Reader, Embeddings and Reranker APIs with a suite of URL-to-markdown, web search, image search, and embeddings/reranker tools:
Tool | Description | Is Jina API Key Required? |
| Extract clean, structured content from web pages as markdown via Reader API | Optional* |
| Capture high-quality screenshots of web pages via Reader API | Optional* |
| Search the entire web for current information and news via Reader API | Yes |
| Search academic papers and preprints on arXiv repository via Reader API | Yes |
| Search for images across the web (similar to Google Images) via Reader API | Yes |
| Rerank documents by relevance to a query via Reranker API | Yes |
| Get top-k semantically unique strings via Embeddings API and submodular optimization | Yes |
| Get top-k semantically unique images via Embeddings API and submodular optimization | Yes |
Optional tools work without an API key but have rate limits. For higher rate limits and better performance, use a Jina API key. You can get a free Jina API key from https://jina.ai
For client that supports remote MCP server:
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://mcp.jina.ai/sse",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}" // optional
}
}
}
}For client that does not support remote MCP server yet, you need mcp-remote a local proxy to connect to the remote MCP server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.jina.ai/sse"
// optional bearer token
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}"
]
}
}
}Related MCP server: Jina AI Remote MCP Server
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jina-ai/MCP.git
cd MCP
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Start development server
npm run startThis will deploy your MCP server to a URL like: jina-mcp-server.<your-account>.workers.dev/sse
Unclaimed servers have limited discoverability.
If you are the server author, to access and configure the admin panel.
Jina AI Reader/Search MCP — turn any URL into clean LLM-ready markdown, plus web search.
Read a URL as clean markdown, screenshot a website, url to PDF. Web access for agents, no signup.
LLM-ready web search + instant answers + URL-to-clean-text fetch for agents and RAG.
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