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Integrates with Jina's AI services to provide efficient handling of language and multimodal AI requests for applications requiring natural language processing and image analysis.
Last updated: 1/27/2026
README
# Jina AI MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with Jina AI's neural search capabilities. This server enables semantic search, image search, and cross-modal search functionalities through a simple interface.
## 🚀 Features
- **Semantic Search**: Find semantically similar documents using natural language queries
- **Image Search**: Search for visually similar images using image URLs
- **Cross-Modal Search**: Perform text-to-image or image-to-text searches
## 📋 Prerequisites
- Node.js 16 or higher
- A Jina AI account and API key ([Get one here](https://cloud.jina.ai/))
- MCP-compatible environment (e.g., Cline)
## 🛠️ Installation
1. Clone the repository:
```bash
git clone <repository-url>
cd jina-ai-mcp
```
2. Install dependencies:
```bash
npm install
```
3. Create a `.env` file with your Jina AI API key:
```bash
JINA_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
```
4. Build the server:
```bash
npm run build
```
## ⚙️ Configuration
Add the following configuration to your MCP settings file:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-ai": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/jina-ai-mcp/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"JINA_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
```
## 🔍 Available Tools
### 1. Semantic Search
Perform semantic/neural search on text documents.
```typescript
use_mcp_tool({
server_name: "jina-ai",
tool_name: "semantic_search",
arguments: {
query: "search query text",
collection: "your-collection-name",
limit: 10 // optional, defaults to 10
}
})
```
### 2. Image Search
Search for similar images using an image URL.
```typescript
use_mcp_tool({
server_name: "jina-ai",
tool_name: "image_search",
arguments: {
imageUrl: "https://example.com/image.jpg",
collection: "your-collection-name",
limit: 10 // optional, defaults to 10
}
})
```
### 3. Cross-Modal Search
Perform text-to-image or image-to-text search.
```typescript
use_mcp_tool({
server_name: "jina-ai",
tool_name: "cross_modal_search",
arguments: {
query: "a beautiful sunset", // or image URL for image2text
mode: "text2image", // or "image2text"
collection: "your-collection-name",
limit: 10 // optional, defaults to 10
}
})
```
## 📝 Response Format
All search tools return results in the following format:
```typescript
{
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: JSON.stringify({
results: [
{
id: string,
score: number,
data: Record<string, any>
}
]
}, null, 2)
}
]
}
```
## 🔐 Error Handling
The server handles various error cases:
- Invalid API key
- Missing or invalid parameters
- API rate limits
- Network errors
- Invalid collection names
All errors are properly formatted and returned with appropriate error codes and messages.
## 🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
## 📄 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
## 🙏 Acknowledgments
- [Jina AI](https://jina.ai/) for their excellent neural search platform
- [Model Context Protocol](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/protocol) for the MCP specification
Installation
Add this MCP to your configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-ai-1": {
// See GitHub repository for configuration
}
}
}See the GitHub repository for full installation instructions.