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Vision MCP Server

Free, unlimited vision capabilities for your AI coding assistant using Groq API and Meta Llama 4 Vision model.

Features

  • Image Analysis - Understand and describe images

  • Text Extraction (OCR) - Extract text from screenshots, documents, photos

  • UI Analysis - Describe UI components, layouts, and design

  • Error Diagnosis - Analyze error screenshots and suggest fixes

  • Diagram Understanding - Interpret flowcharts, UML, architecture diagrams

  • Chart Analysis - Read charts and dashboards for insights

  • Image Comparison - Compare two images for differences

  • Code Extraction - Extract code from IDE screenshots

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Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10 or higher

  • Free Groq API key

Get Groq API Key (Free)

  1. Visit https://console.groq.com/keys

  2. Sign up (free)

  3. Create a new API key

Install Dependencies

cd vision-mcp-server

# Option 1: Using install script (recommended)
./install.sh

# Option 2: Manual installation
pip3 install mcp groq pillow aiofiles

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/.claude/config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vision-mcp-server": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "vision_mcp_server.server"],
      "env": {
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "your-groq-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenCode

Add to OpenCode settings:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "vision-mcp-server": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["python", "-m", "vision_mcp_server.server"],
      "environment": {
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "your-groq-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (VS Code)

Add to Cline settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vision-mcp-server": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "vision_mcp_server.server"],
      "env": {
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "your-groq-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Analyze Image

Describe this image: screenshot.png

Extract Text

Extract text from this document: scan.jpg

Diagnose Error

What's wrong with this error screenshot: error.png

Understand Diagram

Explain this architecture diagram: system-diagram.png

Compare Images

Compare these two UI screenshots: old-ui.png vs new-ui.png

Available Tools

  • analyze_image - General image analysis

  • extract_text - OCR text extraction

  • describe_ui - UI component analysis

  • diagnose_error - Error screenshot analysis

  • understand_diagram - Diagram interpretation

  • analyze_chart - Chart and dashboard analysis

  • compare_images - Image comparison

  • code_from_screenshot - Code extraction from screenshots

Models Used

  • meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct - Latest Meta Llama 4 vision model

  • Available for free via Groq API

  • No quotas, no limits

  • Superior vision capabilities and multimodal performance

Testing

Run locally:

export GROQ_API_KEY=your-api-key
python -m vision_mcp_server.server

License

MIT

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