How to Use the Jina AI (Search Foundation & LLM Grounding) MCP in Cline
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Connect Jina AI (Search Foundation & LLM Grounding) MCP to Cline
Create your Vinkius account to connect Jina AI (Search Foundation & LLM Grounding) to Cline and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.
Automated Web Research for Cline Tasks
`search_web_jina` gives Cline the ability to query the web for real-time documentation, API schemas, and troubleshooting steps. The agent executes this search directly inside your VS Code terminal environment when a build fails or when you ask for a new library integration. Instead of throwing raw HTML at your context window, Cline uses `read_url_content` to extract clean, readable text from the search results. This keeps your token usage low and prevents the agent from getting distracted by website markup.
Semantic Chunking and Classification
`segment_content` splits up long code files or documentation pages into logical semantic pieces. Cline uses this tool to process massive files without hitting token limits or losing the context of the code. To organize these chunks, `classify_texts` performs zero-shot classification on the extracted text. This lets your agent automatically tag, sort, and organize documentation files as it writes them to your workspace.
Precise Context Reranking for This MCP Server
`rerank_documents` takes a query and a list of text blocks, then reorders them by semantic relevance. This tool ensures Cline focuses on the most critical pieces of information when analyzing a massive codebase. When building complex features, Cline can generate vectors using `generate_embeddings` to find similar code patterns across your workspace. The reranker then refines these results, so your agent writes code that matches your existing architecture.
Set up Jina AI (Search Foundation & LLM Grounding) MCP in Cline
Prerequisites
- VS Code with Cline extension installed
- Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token
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Open Cline MCP settings
Click the Cline icon in the VS Code sidebar to open the Cline panel. Then click the MCP Servers icon (server stack) at the top-right corner of the panel.
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Add a remote server
Click "Remote Servers" at the top, then click "Add Remote MCP". In the Name field, type
jina-ai-search-foundation-llm-grounding-mcp. In the URL field, paste your Vinkius endpoint:https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp. Get your token from cloud.vinkius.com. - 3
Enable the server
After saving, the server appears in the Cline MCP panel. Toggle the switch to enable it. The status indicator turns green when the connection is live.
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Start using tools
Return to the Cline chat and ask: "Check my latest Jina AI (Search Foundation & LLM Grounding) refund status." Cline will discover the available tools and request your approval before invoking each one — giving you full control over every action.
{
"mcpServers": {
"jina-ai-search-foundation-llm-grounding-mcp": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
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