ollama-vision-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISION_INBOX | No | Alias for VISION_MCP_INBOX | |
| VISION_MODEL | No | Alias for VISION_MCP_MODEL | |
| VISION_API_KEY | No | Alias for VISION_MCP_API_KEY | |
| VISION_BASE_URL | No | Alias for VISION_MCP_BASE_URL | |
| VISION_MCP_INBOX | No | Default folder for list_images | .agents/inbox |
| VISION_MCP_MODEL | No | Vision model to use | qwen2.5vl:7b |
| VISION_MCP_API_KEY | No | API key (Ollama ignores it) | |
| VISION_MCP_BASE_URL | No | OpenAI-compatible base URL (Ollama) | http://localhost:11434/v1 |
| VISION_MCP_COMPRESS | No | Auto-downscale images > 50 KB to 768px JPEG | 1 |
| VISION_MCP_MAX_TOKENS | No | Max output tokens for the vision model | 2048 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| describe_imageA | Read a local image and return a text description from the local Ollama vision model. Use when the user references a screenshot or image you cannot see.
|
| list_imagesA | List image files in a directory. Defaults to the configured inbox folder where the user drops screenshots. Use this before describe_image to find what is available. |
| extract_textA | Extract all visible text (OCR) from a local image verbatim. Use for code screenshots, terminal output, or error dialogs. |
| vision_statusA | Show bridge configuration and Ollama connectivity / available models. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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