Vision MCP Server

Cut vision API token costs by snapping images to tile boundaries. Claude, GPT-4o, GPT-5, Gemini.

Local serverstdio

What is the Vision MCP server?

Cut vision API token costs by snapping images to tile boundaries. Claude, GPT-4o, GPT-5, Gemini. Exposed over MCP by the vision mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

LLM-native image optimization middleware & MCP server. Reduces vision model token consumption by preprocessing images into tile-boundary-aligned, padding-free formats.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • Cursor — Click here to view installation instructions for 10+ other IDEs and Agents (VS Code, JetBrains, Windsurf, Zed
  • Windsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this server
  • OpenCode — opencode mcp add is interactive-only, so add directly to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json (global) or opencode.json in the repo root (project): json
  • Kiro — The Kiro tool exposed by this server
  • Antigravity — MCP-only, no hooks needed. Configure via the Antigravity MCP settings: json { "mcpServers": { "vision-squeezer": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y"

Adding it to your client

The server ships on npm as vision-squeezer, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

When to reach for it

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Vision's toolset — Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by eralpozcan; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the vision mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Cursor<details> <summary><b>Click here to view installation instructions for 10+ other IDEs and Agents (VS Code, JetBrains, Windsurf, Zed, etc.)</b></summary>
WindsurfThe Windsurf tool exposed by this server.
OpenCodeopencode mcp add is interactive-only, so add directly to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json (global) or opencode.json in the repo root (project): json { "mcp": { "vision-squeezer": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "-y
KiroThe Kiro tool exposed by this server.
AntigravityMCP-only, no hooks needed. Configure via the Antigravity MCP settings: json { "mcpServers": { "vision-squeezer": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "vision-squeezer"] } } }

How to install the Vision MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vision-squeezer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "vision-squeezer"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Vision to Cursor.
  • Use Vision to Windsurf.
  • Use Vision to OpenCode.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Vision to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Vision directly.