The JQ API

com.thejqapiPublished by thejqapi.comOfficial publisherv1.1.1Updated Nov 7, 2026

Free hosted jq MCP server for JSON in AI conversations and API responses. No local jq install.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Hosted jq MCP server that lets an assistant apply jq filters to JSON data without installing jq locally.

What you can do
  • Apply a jq filter to JSON data, matching the hosted process endpoint
  • Use jq compiled to WebAssembly, including regex, formatters, definitions and supplied modules
  • Receive success status, result, rawResult, the jq output stream, stdout, jq version and execution time
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to query, reshape or extract from JSON in a conversation or API response and you would rather not install jq on the machine.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint at the provider's host; no local jq install and no declared authentication, environment variables or headers.
Before you install
JSON data you submit is sent to a third-party hosted service for processing; avoid sending secrets or sensitive payloads. Filters are executed server-side, so results depend on the service's jq version and modules.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open The JQ API in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.thejqapi%2Fjq-api/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-jq-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thejqapi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

1

process

Process JSON with jq

Apply a jq filter to JSON data, exactly like POST https://thejqapi.com/process. Runs jq compiled to WebAssembly, including regex, formatters, definitions, and supplied modules. Returns success, result, rawResult, results (the jq output stream), stdout, jqVersion, and executionTime. Uses the same daily quota as the REST API.

Parametersinputrequiredfilterrequiredoptions

Version history

1
  1. v1.1.1LatestNov 7, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.