# mcp-server-ocr

> A Model Context Protocol server providing OCR capabilities for images and videos using GLM-4.1V-Thinking-Flash

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-server-ocr/claim

## Declared
- publisher: OCR MCP Server
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: glm, llm, mcp, ocr, vision
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-server-ocr

### Description (declared)

# MCP OCR Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capabilities for images and videos using GLM-4.1V-Thinking-Flash.

## Features

- **Image OCR**: Extract text from images using GLM-4.1V-Thinking-Flash
- **Video OCR**: Extract text from video frames (planned feature)
- **Custom Prompts**: Support for custom OCR prompts
- **MCP Integration**: Full MCP protocol support for seamless integration

## Requirements

- Python 3.10+
- GLM-4.1V-Thinking-Flash API key from ZhipuAI

## Quick Start with uvx

The fastest way to get started is using `uvx`:

```bash
# Install and run directly
uvx mcp-server-ocr

# Or install for development
uvx --python 3.10 --with-editable . mcp-server-ocr
```

## Installation

### Using uv (recommended)

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd ocr

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Run the server
uv run mcp-server-ocr
```

### Using pip

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd ocr

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

# Run the server
mcp-server-ocr
```

## Configuration

Set your GLM-4.1V-Thinking-Flash API key as an environment variable:

```bash
export ZHIPU_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
```

## Usage

### Available Tools

1. **ocr_image**: Perform OCR on image files
   - `image_path`: Path to the image file
   - `prompt`: Custom prompt for OCR processing (optional)

2. **ocr_video**: Perform OCR on video frames (coming soon)
   - `video_path`: Path to the video file
   - `prompt`: Custom prompt for video OCR processing (optional)
   - `frame_interval`: Extract frames every N seconds (optional)

### Available Prompts

1. **ocr_image**: Extract text from an image
2. **ocr_video**: Extract text from video frames

## Build and Publish

### Build the package

```bash
# Using uv
uv build

# Using pip
python -m build
```

### Publish to PyPI

```bash
# Using uv
uv publish

# Using twine
twine upload dist/*
```

## Development

### Setup development e…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.ocr (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- media.image-understanding (1, declared)
- dev.version-control (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-ocr/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:21:57.203Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-ocr/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-ocr · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-server-ocr