jina-reader-mcp

A minimal MCP server Docker image used to access a self-hosted or managed Jina Reader instance.

Usage

Starting the Server

docker run -d --rm \
  --env JINA_API_KEY=<API key> \
  --env JINA_BASE_URL=<URL> \
  --end JINA_TIMEOUT=<timeout>
  -p <port>:8000
  ghcr.io/handcraftedbits/jina-reader-mcp:latest

Where:

• <API key> is your Jina API key. Omit the JINA_API_KEY environment variable if the instance you're using doesn't require one.

• <URL> is the base URL of your Jina instance. If the JINA_BASE_URL environment variable is omitted, https://r.jina.ai will be used.

• <timeout> is the default timeout in seconds for all operations. If the JINA_TIMEOUT environment variable is omitted, the default of 30 seconds will be used.

• <port> is the local port to map to. The MCP server will be available at http://<host>:<port>.

Related MCP server: Jina AI Remote MCP Server

Agent Details

Consult your agent harness's documentation for information on how to connect to the MCP server.

The MCP server will expose two tools:

• web_fetch: Fetches a single page in either Markdown (default) or JSON formats. Parameters:

  • content_type (optional, either json or markdown): the format of the returned page. By default, this is markdown, and the tool description encourages agents to use this format.

  • timeout (optional): the timeout, in seconds, for the fetch. By default, this is either 30 seconds or the value of the JINA_TIMEOUT environment variable.

  • url (required): The URL of the page to fetch.

  • with_all_images (optional): whether or not information about all the images on the page should be returned. By default, this is false.

  • with_all_links (optional): whether or not information about all the links on the page should be returned. By default, this is false.

• web_fetch_parallel: fetches up to five (maximum amount recommended by Jina) pages in parallel. Accepts a list of the same parameters as web_fetch.