# Vision MCP Server

> Vision MCP Server — hwalde-vision-mcp. Use this tool when you need to enable image understanding for LLMs without relying on cloud services or API keys. The Vision MCP Server performs object detection and text recognition, outputting descriptive statements about objects and text positions, making it ideal for applications requiring local image analysis. It takes images as input and returns descriptive text outputs, suitable for use cases where data privacy and offline processing are essential.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hwalde-vision-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hwalde-vision-mcp

## Description

A local MCP server that gives LLMs eyes for images by performing object detection (YOLOv8) and text recognition (EasyOCR), outputting descriptive statements about objects and text positions without any API key or cloud dependency.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/b5x22g2mr0)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hwalde/vision-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "hwalde-vision-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hwalde-vision-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hwalde-vision-mcp/pull`

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