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jina.ai Make integrationAutomate jina.ai with Make.

Need clean web content and ranked sources inside your automations? The jina.ai Make integration gives you 5 action modules and no trigger. This guide is for people who know jina.ai but are new to Make: connect it, then build a first scenario that searches and sorts.

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What you can automate

What can the jina.ai Make integration do for you?

The jina.ai Make integration lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of steps) hand work to jina.ai: fetch the readable text of a web page, search the web, put results in order of relevance, or turn a text into numbers that let software spot texts with the same meaning. Each step is a module, one brick of the scenario, and you set it up by picking options, not by writing code.

Research briefs that assemble themselves. A sales rep drops a prospect's question into a form or a sheet. Search a Query pulls pages and their clean text, then Update a Reranker puts the most relevant ones on top, ready to paste into a CRM note.

Article digests without copy and paste. A content lead saves a link. Read a URL fetches the main content of the page so the next module can summarize it, file it or send it to Slack.

Text ready for semantic search. A support team adds a new help article. Generate a Text Embedding turns it into a list of numbers that sums up its meaning, so a search tool can find it even when a customer uses other words.

What the integration does not do: it has no trigger, so jina.ai never starts a scenario on its own. Something else has to kick it off, another app's event or Make's clock. The listed modules also cover only part of the jina.ai API; for the rest there is Make an API Call. If you are still weighing platforms, the n8n vs Make comparison and the jina.ai n8n integration page show the other side. New to the editor? The Make training starts from zero.

Connect

How do you connect jina.ai to Make?

  1. 01

    Add a jina.ai module

    In your scenario, click the + and search for jina.ai. Pick one, Read a URL for instance, and on the panel that opens, click Create a connection. A connection is your jina.ai account linked to Make once.

  2. 02

    Name it and authorize

    Give the connection a name if you like, something you will recognize later. Then follow what the window asks: either approve access on the jina.ai page, or paste the key that jina.ai gives you.

  3. 03

    Save and check

    Click Save. The connection now appears in the module's dropdown. Every other jina.ai module in any scenario can reuse it, so you will not repeat these steps.

First scenario

Your first scenario: find and rank sources for a question

GoalWhen a new question lands in another app, such as a row in a sheet, Make searches the web with jina.ai and reorders the results by relevance.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. That first module comes from another app, since jina.ai has no trigger.

  2. 02

    Pick where questions come from

    Choose the app that holds your questions, a sheet or a form tool, and its module that picks up new entries. Connect it and select the sheet or form Make lists for you.

  3. 03

    Add Search a Query

    Click the + on the right, search jina.ai, pick Search a Query and select your connection. Map the question from the previous module into the query, so each new entry searches its own topic.

  4. 04

    Add Update a Reranker

    Click the + again and pick Update a Reranker. Map the same question and the results from Search a Query, so the most relevant sources move to the top.

  5. 05

    Test with Run once

    Add one test question in your sheet, then click Run once. Open the bubble on each module to read the bundles, the items passed from one module to the next.

  6. 06

    Schedule and switch on

    Click the clock on the first module. A new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default, and the Free plan cannot go below that. Switch the scenario on.

Modules

The 5 jina.ai modules, explained simply

jina.ai gives you 5 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

jina.ai1

Generate a Text Embedding

Action

In Make“Generates high-dimensional vector embeddings for text inputs using Jina AI's Embedding API.”

Turns a piece of text into an embedding: a long list of numbers that captures its meaning, so two texts about the same idea end up close together. That is how a search finds the right answer when the words differ.

When to use it
a new FAQ entry is written and you want your search tool to find it by meaning, not by exact words.
Watch out
the output is numbers, not readable text, so plan the next module that stores it.
jina.ai2

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

Your way out when the four ready-made modules stop short. It calls any endpoint of the jina.ai API from the scenario, reusing the connection you already created, so there is no key to paste again.

When to use it
the jina.ai feature you need has no module in the list above.
Watch out
here you describe the request yourself, so keep the jina.ai API reference open while you fill the module.
jina.ai3

Read a URL

Action

In Make“Retrieves the main content of the page.”

Give it a web address and it returns the main content of that page, without the menus and clutter around it. Clean text is far easier to summarize, store or send than a full page with its code.

When to use it
a teammate saves a link to a competitor's pricing page and you want its text in your notes.
Watch out
each page read is one operation, one module run that Make counts on your plan.
jina.ai4

Search a Query

Action

In Make“This will search the web and returns URLs and contents, each in clean, LLM-friendly text.”

Runs a web search from inside the scenario and brings back URLs along with their content, already cleaned into text an AI model can read. It saves you a separate search step plus a page fetch.

When to use it
a question arrives from a form and you want sources gathered before anyone opens a browser.
Watch out
results can be long, so map only what the next module really needs.
jina.ai5

Update a Reranker

Action

In Make“Evaluates initial results. Uses a sophisticated model. Scores and reorders results based on relevance to the query.”

Think of it as a second opinion on a list: it takes results you already have, scores each one against your query and puts them back in order of relevance.

When to use it
right after Search a Query, when you want the best sources first rather than in search order.
Watch out
the quality depends on the query you map, so reuse the exact question, not a shortened label.
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FAQ

Questions people ask about jina.ai and Make

01Is the jina.ai Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. jina.ai is a standard app, so it is available from the Free plan. That plan has limits worth knowing: 2 active scenarios, at least 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams, Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute and remove the cap on active scenarios. Usage is counted in operations, one module run on one item. Any cost on the jina.ai side is outside the scope of this page.
02What does it take to connect jina.ai to Make?
A jina.ai account and a Make account. Add any jina.ai module, click Create a connection, optionally give it a name, then either approve access on the jina.ai page or paste the key jina.ai provides, and click Save. The official documentation lists no extra prerequisite. Once saved, the connection works for all 5 modules, including Make an API Call, so you only go through this once per account. If several people build scenarios, agree on one shared connection name to avoid duplicates.
03Does jina.ai trigger Make scenarios in real time?
No, because jina.ai has no trigger module at all. All 5 modules are actions, so something else has to start the scenario. Two common options: the trigger of another app, such as a new row in a sheet or a new form entry, or Make's own scheduling, the clock on the first module that runs the scenario every 15 minutes by default. On the Free plan the shortest interval is 15 minutes; paid plans go down to 1 minute. Whether the start is instant then depends on the other app's trigger, not on jina.ai.
04What if a jina.ai module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It reaches any endpoint of the jina.ai API with the connection you already have, so a feature without its own module is still within reach. The trade-off is that you build the request yourself, which asks for a look at the jina.ai API reference. The official Make documentation gives no numbered limit for this app, so there is no documented cap to plan around. If you would rather avoid raw requests, check whether another app in Make offers the step in module form.
05Make or n8n for jina.ai?
It depends on the tool your team already uses. On Make, jina.ai comes with 5 modules: reading a page, searching the web, reranking results, generating embeddings, plus Make an API Call for everything else, and the whole thing runs from the Free plan. jina.ai also has an n8n node, covered on its own page. This page does not rank the two. The fair test is to list the steps your workflow needs, check that each one exists on the platform you know, and build there.
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