# OCR MCP Service

> Use this tool when you need to extract text from images, such as scanned documents or photos, to enable further processing or analysis. The OCR MCP Service solves problems like data extraction, text recognition, and document digitization by providing structured results with confidence scores and text positions. It accepts file paths or base64-encoded images as input and returns extracted text with corresponding metadata.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/qiao-925-ocr-mcp-service  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/qiao-925-ocr-mcp-service

## Description

Enables AI agents to recognize and extract text from images using PaddleOCR, supporting both file paths and base64 input with structured results including confidence scores and text positions.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/d8q31skfc2)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/qiao-925/ocr-mcp-service>

## 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": "qiao-925-ocr-mcp-service"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/qiao-925-ocr-mcp-service` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/qiao-925-ocr-mcp-service/pull`

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