Set up Jina Reader MCP in Continue

Convert URLs to LLM-friendly markdown, perform web and image searches, and generate embeddings using the Jina AI Reader API.

Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: jina-reader-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - mcp-remote
      - https://mcp.jina.ai/sse
    env:
      JINA_API_KEY: YOUR_JINA_API_KEY

Set up environment variables

Jina Reader MCP requires the following environment variables:

JINA_API_KEYRequired

Jina AI API key for authentication

Verify it works

Restart Continue. Jina Reader MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 8 tools available.

This server adds approximately 4,120 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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