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image-ocr MCP Server

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image-ocr is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 12 tools.

Image URL → plain text OCR for bots. Free try then prepaid TEST. https://ocr.kymac.co

Uptime history 22 hours of history
22 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
80 of 80 checks
12
Tools
read from the server
456 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check image-ocr every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add image-ocr --transport http https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-ocr": {
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.image-ocr]
url = "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-ocr": {
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-ocr": {
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 12

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

credit
credit_balance
Derived prepaid balance for this caller_id (GET /credits/balance).
credit_events
Append-only Ledger events for this caller_id (GET /credits/events): credit.grant (first_key), credit.purchase, credit.debit, optional credit.balance_snapshot.
list_credit_packs
Prepaid TEST packs (GET /credits/packs). checkout_credits is intent only; credits grant after confirm_credits.
checkout
checkout_credits
Stripe TEST PaymentIntent for a pack (POST /credits/checkout). Intent only — returns credits_pending; credits are not granted or spendable until confirm_credits succeeds. Requires a caller key.
confirm
confirm_credits
Confirm a TEST PaymentIntent with Stripe test card pm_card_visa (POST /credits/confirm). This is when credits become granted/spendable (appends credit.purchase with credits_added). TEST only.
health
health
Public readiness (GET /health): billing (test|gated) and runner_ready. No key.
issue
issue_key
Mint a caller key (POST /keys). Bot install starts at GET https://ocr.kymac.co/llms.txt (sole advertised entry). Secret ocr_… is returned once. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias. First issue grants 1 free credit (credit.grant reason=first_key). Quote cost with quote_credits before ocr_extract.
ocr
ocr_extract
Image OCR (POST /ocr). Install via GET https://ocr.kymac.co/llms.txt only. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias. Golden URL https://placehold.co/600x160/000000/FFFFFF/png?text=HELLO+OCR — compare ok true JSON in llms.txt. First key includes 1 free credit. Quote first with quote_credits (no debit). Debits 1 credit on ok:true (credit.debit reason=ocr_success). 200 bodies include credits_burned and credits_remaining. HTTP fails use code/message/retryable/next (error aliases message). 401 next=refresh key. 402: code=insufficient_credits, retryable=false, next=buy credits. Retryable fails use next=retry.
quote
quote_credits
Dry-run cost for an op without debit (GET /credits/quote?op=ocr). Returns cost, balance, and would_succeed.
revoke
revoke_key
Invalidate the presented secret (POST /keys/revoke). Same id is revoked; old secret then fails 401 invalid_api_key. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias only. No ops file-edit.
rotate
rotate_key
Replace the presented secret (POST /keys/rotate). Same id/caller_id and credits. New ocr_… is returned once. Old secret then fails 401 invalid_api_key. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias only. No ops file-edit.
verify
verify_key
Confirm IMAGE_OCR_API_KEY or Authorization: Bearer (GET /keys/verify). X-API-Key is an alias only. Does not echo the secret.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp streamable-http answering 463 ms 4 min ago

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image-ocr — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can image-ocr do?
It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: checkout_credits, confirm_credits, credit_balance, credit_events, health, issue_key and 6 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is image-ocr working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 80 of 80 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 456 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect image-ocr?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does image-ocr need an API key?
No. image-ocr completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 12 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is image-ocr?
It answers our handshake in 456 ms on average, which is faster than 32% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.