# Jina Reader URL-to-Markdown Converter and Web Search API

> Jina Reader converts any URL to LLM-friendly markdown by prefixing https://r.jina.ai/ to any web address. It also provides a search endpoint at https://s.jina.ai/ that returns web search results in clean markdown format for RAG and agent workflows.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/jina-reader-url-to-markdown-converter-and-web-search-api` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/jina-reader-url-to-markdown-converter-and-web-search-api`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/jina-reader-url-to-markdown-converter-and-web-search-api/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/jina-reader-url-to-markdown-converter-and-web-search-api

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# Jina Reader URL-to-Markdown Converter and Web Search API

Jina Reader converts any URL to LLM-friendly markdown by prefixing https://r.jina.ai/ to any web address. It also provides a search endpoint at https://s.jina.ai/ that returns web search results in clean markdown format for RAG and agent workflows.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- docker pull ghcr.io/jina-ai/reader:oss
- docker run --rm -p 3000:8081 ghcr.io/jina-ai/reader:oss
- docker run --rm -p 3000:8080 -p 3001:8081 ghcr.io/jina-ai/reader:oss
- docker run --rm -p 3000:8081 \

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- ## Self-host with Docker
- Docker *(optional — only if you want a local MinIO bucket cache)*

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **2026-04** — Re-synchronized the open source branch with the SaaS code. The MongoDB-backed storage layer is stripped; the oss branch runs in stateless mode out of the box, with optional MinIO/S3-compatible bucket cac...
- **2025-03** — Major refactor: Reader is no longer a Firebase application. The SaaS migrated off Firestore + Cloud Functions to a Cloud Run image with MongoDB Atlas, removing the platform-coupled bits and unblocking th...
- ### Using r.jina.ai for single URL fetching

- Source: https://github.com/jina-ai/reader
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jina-ai/reader/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/jina-reader-url-to-markdown-web-search/)