jina-reader

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkDeclared3 observations
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
• DependenciesPinnedNothing floats
• SecretsNone foundNo keys in source

Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass.

Audit 0.4.1 · source sha 3acc7a260379 · 28 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• Publishersundial-org GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source foldersundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/skills/jina-readerThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceNot declaredAs the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdict3acc7a260379A new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedLast push 234 days ago
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: Web content extraction via Jina AI Reader API. Three modes: read (URL to markdown), search (web search + full content), ground (fact-checking). Extracts clean content without exposing server IP.

---
name: jina-reader
description: "Web content extraction via Jina AI Reader API. Three modes: read (URL to markdown), search (web search + full content), ground (fact-checking). Extracts clean content without exposing server IP."
homepage: https://jina.ai/reader
metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📖","requires":{"bins":["curl","jq"]},"primaryEnv":"JINA_API_KEY"}}
---

# Jina Reader

Extract clean web content via Jina AI — without exposing your server IP.

## Read a URL

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://example.com/article"
```

## Search the web (top 5 results with full content)

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search "latest AI news 2025"
```

## Fact-check a statement

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode ground "OpenAI was founded in 2015"
```

## Options

| Flag | Description | Default |
|------|-------------|---------|
| `--mode` | `read`, `search`, `ground` | `read` |
| `--selector` | CSS selector to extract specific region | — |
| `--wait` | CSS selector to wait for before extraction | — |
| `--remove` | CSS selectors to remove (comma-separated) | — |
| `--proxy` | Country code for geo-proxy (`br`, `us`, etc.) | — |
| `--nocache` | Force fresh content (skip cache) | off |
| `--format` | `markdown`, `html`, `text`, `screenshot` | `markdown` |
| `--json` | Raw JSON output | off |

## Examples

```bash
# Extract article content
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://blog.example.com/post"

# Extract specific section via CSS selector
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --selector "article.main" "https://example.com"

# Remove nav and ads before extraction
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --remove "nav,footer,.ads" "https://example.com"

# Search with JSON output
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search --json "AI enterprise trends"

# Read via Brazil proxy
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --proxy br "https://example.com.br"

# Fact-check a claim
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode ground "Tesla is the most valuable car company"
```

## API Key

```bash
export JINA_API_KEY="jina_..."
```

Free tier: 10M tokens (no signup needed). Get key at https://jina.ai/reader/

## Pricing

- **Read:** ~$0.005/page (standard) | 3x for ReaderLM-v2
- **Search:** 10K tokens fixed + variable per result
- **Ground:** ~300K tokens/request (~30s latency)

## Why Jina Reader?

- **IP protection** — requests route through Jina's infra, not your server
- **Clean markdown** — readability extraction + optional ReaderLM-v2
- **Dynamic content** — headless Chrome renders JavaScript
- **Structured extraction** — JSON schema support for data extraction

Excerpt, first 2,578 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

git clone https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills
git -C awesome-openclaw-skills checkout 3acc7a260379

Works in

1. 2026-10-28
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source 3acc7a260379

Questions about jina-reader

• github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/tree/main/skills/ — the audited source at commit 3acc7a260379 and every finding aboveObserved · 28 Oct 2026

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