About Jina_fetch
Jina_fetch is an MCP server that uses the Jina AI API to turn a URL into text formatted for LLM input. It offers a single URL-reading tool for MCP clients.
Key features
- 01Converts URLs into LLM-friendly text
- 02Reads a URL through the Jina AI API
- 03Returns processed page content
Use cases
- 01Preparing web pages for LLM processing
- 02Retrieving readable content from a URL
MCP support
Exposes a `reader` tool to MCP clients. The tool accepts a URL and returns its processed content.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEmcp-jina-reader MCP server
A standard MCP server that converts URLs into LLM-friendly inputs using Jina AI's API
Tools
The server implements one tool:
- reader: Use Jina URL reader to process URLs and return LLM-friendly output
- Requires "url" as a mandatory string parameter
- Returns processed URL content
Quickstart
Install
Claude Desktop
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration
``` "mcpServers": { "mcp-jina-reader": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "your-dir", "run", "mcp-jina-reader" ] } } ```Published Servers Configuration
``` "mcpServers": { "mcp-jina-reader": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "mcp-jina-reader" ] } } ```Development
Building and Publishing
To prepare the package for distribution:
- Sync dependencies and update lockfile:
uv sync
- Build package distributions:
uv build
This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.
- Publish to PyPI:
uv publish
Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
- Token:
--tokenorUV_PUBLISH_TOKEN - Or username/password:
--username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAMEand--password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD
Debugging
Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.
You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory yourdir run mcp-jina-reader
Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.
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