Jina CLI

Jina AI CLI Skill

All Jina AI APIs (Reader, Search, Embed, Rerank, and more) as powerful Unix CLI commands. Ideal for web scraping, semantic search, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) workflows.

Capabilities

• jina search <QUERY>: Performs deep web searches. Note: If this command fails with auth errors, use the curl alternative below.
• jina read <URL>: Extracts clean, markdown-ready content from any webpage.
• jina embed <TEXT>: Generates text embeddings for semantic similarity or storage.
• jina rerank <QUERY>: Re-ranks documents based on relevance to a search query.
• jina screenshot <URL>: Captures high-quality screenshots of webpages.
• jina pdf <URL>: Extracts structured data (tables, charts, formulas) from PDF documents.
• jina expand <QUERY>: Expand queries for search.
• jina bibtex <QUERY>: Search bibtex citations.
• jina primer: Get system context (time, location, authenticated user).

Usage Examples

Web Search (Fallback if jina search fails)

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $JINA_API_KEY" "https://s.jina.ai/<QUERY>"

Web Reading for LLMs

jina read https://jina.ai/reader | pbcopy

Advanced Search & Reranking (RAG)

jina search "latest trends in AI agents" --json | jina rerank "autonomous systems" --top-n 3

Academic Research

jina search "transformer architectures" --arxiv --time 2024
jina bibtex "Attention is All You Need"

Security & Configuration

• API Token: The JINA_API_KEY is pre-configured in ~/.zshrc.
• Environment: Ensure the command is executed in an environment that has access to the shell profile.