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Agent Skills: Jina Reader

Fetch web page content using Jina Reader as a fallback when websites block direct access. Use when WebFetch returns 403, 406, captcha pages, empty content, Cloudflare blocks, or anti-bot responses. Also use when the user explicitly asks to use Jina Reader.

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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/TrevorS/dot-claude/tree/HEAD/skills/using-jina-reader

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Name
using-jina-reader
Description
Fetch web page content using Jina Reader as a fallback when websites block direct access. Use when WebFetch returns 403, 406, captcha pages, empty content, Cloudflare blocks, or anti-bot responses. Also use when the user explicitly asks to use Jina Reader.

Jina Reader

Jina Reader (r.jina.ai) converts web pages to clean markdown. Use it as a fallback when WebFetch fails due to bot protection, Cloudflare, captchas, or other blocking.

When to Use

  • WebFetch returns 403, 406, or other access-denied status codes
  • Response content is a Cloudflare challenge page, captcha, or "please enable JavaScript"
  • Response body is empty or nonsensical despite a 200 status
  • User explicitly requests Jina Reader

How to Use

Prepend https://r.jina.ai/ to the target URL:

https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com/page

Call this with WebFetch:

WebFetch url="https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com/page"

The response is the page content converted to clean markdown.

Headers

For better results, pass these headers via WebFetch:

  • Accept: text/markdown — ensures markdown output
  • X-No-Cache: true — bypass Jina's cache for fresh content

Limitations

  • Jina Reader has rate limits on free usage
  • Some pages with heavy JS rendering may still return incomplete content
  • Very long pages may be truncated

Workflow

  1. Try WebFetch with the original URL first
  2. If blocked, retry via https://r.jina.ai/<original-url>
  3. If Jina also fails, inform the user and suggest they open the page manually