# Jina AI Search Foundation

by [Jina AI](/organizations/jina-ai/)

- **ID:** `e83b85e9-8736-471f-9a3b-c6dd262d3ace`
- **JSON API:** /api/v1/catalog/products/e83b85e9-8736-471f-9a3b-c6dd262d3ace/
- **Slug:** jina-search-foundation
- **Product website:** https://jina.ai
- **Documentation:** https://docs.jina.ai
- **Organization website:** https://jina.ai
- **Categories:** [Enterprise AI / RAG](/categories/enterprise-ai-rag/)

## Description

Jina AI Search Foundation is a suite of search and retrieval APIs for building RAG and search applications.

## AI-native score: Unrated

Research coverage is 35/100. An AI-native grade requires 40/100. The provisional breakdown below shows the AI-native signals recorded so far. The AI-native score measures agent-readiness and is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. See [methodology](/methodology/) for how coverage and the grade are computed.

| Component | Applies | Raw | Effective weight | Nominal weight | Contribution |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration | Yes | 4/10 | 35% | 35% | 14.0 |
| Trust | Yes | 2/6 | 30% | 30% | 10.0 |
| Portability | Yes | 3/4 | 20% | 20% | 15.0 |
| Security | Yes | 0/4 | 15% | 15% | 0.0 |

- **Integration signals:** MCP server (+2); API spec, OpenAPI / gRPC / GraphQL (+1); Command-line interface (+1)
- **Trust signals:** No generative AI training (yes, +2)
- **Portability signals:** Open standards (+1); Standard protocol access (+1); No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1)

## Trust & Data Policy

- **WebMCP:** – No
- **No generative AI training:** ✓ Yes
- **Open standards:** ✓ Yes
- **Standard protocol access:** ✓ Yes
- **No proprietary-SDK lock-in:** ✓ Yes
- **Not yet researched:** llms.txt, Headless signup, Trust center, Multi-factor authentication, Zero data retention, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Self-hostable, Open source

## Confirmed absences

These decision fields were researched and confirmed absent — not available based on current evidence, until contrary information supersedes the finding. Each carries the check performed, the page checked, and the date, so you can act on the negative without repeating the research. A label-scoped absence applies only to its label (e.g. no SOC 2 does not mean no certifications).

- **A2A servers** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-14. Read the complete Search Foundation API documentation overview, capabilities and endpoint index for an Agent2Agent server or agent-card endpoint. None is listed. Source: https://api.jina.ai/docs
- **Web-MCP** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-14. Read the complete Search Foundation API documentation overview, capabilities and endpoint index for in-browser WebMCP support. It lists no browser modelContext or WebMCP implementation. Source: https://api.jina.ai/docs

## Security & Compliance

**Compliance certifications:** Not yet researched.
**Access controls:** Not yet researched.

## Capabilities

No capabilities listed.

## Jobs To Be Done

- **Build retrieval-augmented AI applications** — Connect AI applications to retrieved knowledge to ground generated responses.

## Offers

No offers listed.

## Reviews

No approved reviews yet.

## Benchmarks

No benchmarks listed.

## Documentation

The primary documentation link is at the top of this page. No other documentation links listed.

## API Specs

- [Jina Search Foundation API](https://api.jina.ai/openapi.json) (OpenAPI)

## MCP Servers

- [Jina MCP](https://mcp.jina.ai/v1)

## A2A Servers

Confirmed absent based on current evidence — no A2A servers. See Confirmed absences above for method, source, and date.

## Native Connectors

Not yet researched.

## Command-Line Interfaces

- [Jina CLI](https://github.com/jina-ai/cli) (`jina-cli`)

## Developer Kits

Not yet researched.

## Agent Skills

Not yet researched.

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- [You.com](/organizations/you-com/products/you-com/) by You.com — Tier B. Same job: Build retrieval-augmented AI applications (not assessed).
- [SerpApi](/organizations/serpapi/products/serpapi/) by SerpApi — Tier C. Same job: Build retrieval-augmented AI applications (not assessed).
- [DeepSeek Search & Fetch](/organizations/deepseek/products/deepseek-search-fetch/) by DeepSeek — Tier D. Same job: Build retrieval-augmented AI applications (not assessed).


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