{"id":"jina-ai-mcp","name":"MCP","af_score":71.5,"security_score":63.8,"reliability_score":33.8,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) remote server exposing Jina AI tools for URL-to-markdown reading, web/arXiv/SSRN/image search, query expansion, PDF extraction, and embeddings/reranking utilities. Uses Streamable HTTP transport with an endpoint at https://mcp.jina.ai/v1, and supports optional or API-key-gated tools.","best_when":"You want an MCP-compatible agent to perform browsing/search/read/retrieve with a consistent tool interface and token-aware behavior for common MCP clients.","avoid_when":"You cannot provide or securely manage a Jina API key for tools that require it, or you need guaranteed non-truncated tool outputs for large reads (truncation is client-limit aware for some clients).","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:26:35.855795+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["Bearer token via Authorization header (Jina API key)"],"has_free_tier":true,"known_gotchas":["Some clients have context/window and tool output token limits; server truncates outputs for read_url/parallel_read_url for certain clients (e.g., Claude Code/Desktop/Cursor) to fit a 25k-token MCP tool response limit.","Tool calling loops can occur if the model loses the beginning of the task due to insufficient context length.","Local MCP clients may cache tool definitions; may need to remove/re-add the server to refresh.","Optional tools may still have rate limits when no API key is provided; key improves rate limits/performance."],"error_quality":0.0}