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Jina setup
Reads JavaScript-heavy pages, and searches with a key.
No key needed
Updated
Free tier
Jina Reader works without a key at a modest rate limit; a free key raises the limits.checked September 2026
Larvabot's cap
Stops at 300 in total (free: 300). Change it in Settings → Free-quota guard.Fallback position
#8 of 9 for search. See the orderWhat it does
Jina Reader (r.jina.ai) fetches a web page and returns clean text, even for pages that render with JavaScript.
- Reading lead pages that a plain fetch can't (keyless)
- A late search fallback when you add a key
Get set up
- Nothing required. Optionally add a Jina key in Settings → Search
Where it goes
In the dashboard, open Settings and find the Search section. Secret values are encrypted before they're saved and only their last four characters are ever shown again.
Settings → Search
Jina API keyencrypted
JINA_API_KEYAlso raises Jina Reader limits
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Staying free
Larvabot always tries a direct fetch first, so Jina is only used for pages that need it.
How the quota guard works →Fallback order
For search, Larvabot tries these in order and skips any that aren't set up, are out of free quota or are busy.
- 1Tavily
- 2Linkup
- 3Exa
- 4Brave Search API
- 5SearXNG (your server)
- 6Larvabot search server
- 7Serper (Google results)
- 8Jina Search
- 9DuckDuckGo HTML
More search tools
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