Where's Waldo Rick - Visual Regression MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that brings agentic vision capabilities to Claude Code for visual regression testing using Gemini 3 Flash.

Overview

Never again have ambiguous conversations about visual changes. See exactly what changed, circled and annotated, with intended vs unintended change detection.

Problem Solved

• Developer works for hours on UI changes

• Build passes, code is "clean"

• You open the app... same exact layout

• You ask: "What specifically changed?"

• Dev says: "We added 2 pixels to the card"

• You ask: "Where? Top? Bottom? Inside the box? Around it?"

• 😤 Wasted time, unclear communication

Solution

Where's Waldo Rick provides:

1. Screenshot capture from multiple platforms (macOS, iOS Simulator, Web)

2. Pixel-perfect comparison with configurable thresholds

3. Agentic vision analysis using Gemini 3 Flash (iterative zoom/crop/annotate)

4. Expected vs unintended change detection

5. Conversational investigation ("Not that box, the child item")

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

• Gemini API key (free tier: 15 requests/minute)

Install from GitHub

# Install via uvx
uvx --from git+https://github.com/bretbouchard/gemini-vision-mcp wheres_waldo.server

# Or install locally
pip install -e .

Configure Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP configuration (~/.claude/mcp.json or project-specific):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wheres-waldo-rick": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/bretbouchard/gemini-vision-mcp", "wheres_waldo.server"],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Basic Workflow

# 1. Declare expected changes before work
/visual:prepare "Card padding increases by 2px, button moves to right"

# 2. Capture baseline screenshot
/visual:capture "Phase 3 - Before card update"

# 3. Development happens...

# 4. Capture current state
/visual:capture "Phase 4 - After card update"

# 5. Compare and see all changes
/visual:compare screenshots/phases/3-before.png screenshots/phases/4-after.png

MCP Tools

visual_capture

Capture a screenshot and store it for visual regression testing.

await visual_capture(
    name="Phase 3 - Before card update",
    platform="macos"  # auto, macos, ios, web
)

visual_prepare

Declare a baseline with expected changes before development.

await visual_prepare(
    phase="Phase 3 - Card Layout Update",
    expected_changes="Card padding increases by 2px, button moves to right"
)

visual_compare

Compare two screenshots with pixel-level precision and agentic vision.

await visual_compare(
    before_path="screenshots/phases/3-before.png",
    after_path="screenshots/phases/4-after.png",
    threshold=2  # 1px, 2px, or 3px
)

visual_cleanup

Clean up old screenshots and cache.

await visual_cleanup(retention_days=7)

Development

Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/bretbouchard/gemini-vision-mcp
cd gemini-vision-mcp

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black src/
ruff check src/

Project Structure

src/wheres_waldo/
├── __init__.py
├── server.py          # MCP server with tool definitions
├── models/            # Pydantic domain models
├── services/          # Business logic (capture, compare, storage)
├── tools/             # MCP tool implementations
└── utils/             # Logging, hashing, path helpers

Roadmap

• Phase 1: Foundation (MCP server skeleton, types, storage)

• Phase 2: Capture & Baselines (multi-platform screenshots)

• Phase 3: Comparison Engine (OpenCV + Gemini integration) 🔥 HIGH RISK

• Phase 4: Operations (caching, progressive resolution, reporting)

• Phase 5: Polish (conversational investigation)

See ROADMAP.md for complete execution plan.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read REQUIREMENTS.md and ROADMAP.md before contributing.

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

Built with:

• MCP Python SDK

• FastMCP

• Google Gemini 3 Flash

• OpenCV

• MSS

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