# image-ocr (remote · ocr.kymac.co)

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

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `ocr.kymac.co`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr/ocr.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr/ocr)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.4.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (revoke_key).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 79/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 789 tokens (~65/item across 12 items; 12 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the image-ocr MCP server?

image-ocr is a hosted endpoint at https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr 'https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr": {
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr]
url = "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr --url 'https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr:
    url: "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr -t streamable-http -u 'https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-20 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 65, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-18 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (12)

### `issue_key` (~88 tokens)

Issue caller key — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

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.

### `verify_key` (~41 tokens)

Verify caller key — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

Confirm IMAGE_OCR_API_KEY or Authorization: Bearer (GET /keys/verify). X-API-Key is an alias only. Does not echo the secret.

### `rotate_key` (~66 tokens)

Rotate caller key — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

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.

### `revoke_key` (~55 tokens)

Revoke caller key — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

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.

### `list_credit_packs` (~35 tokens)

List credit packs — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

Prepaid TEST packs (GET /credits/packs). checkout_credits is intent only; credits grant after confirm_credits.

### `checkout_credits` (~70 tokens)

Checkout credit pack — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

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.

Input parameters:

- `pack_id` (string, required): Pack id from list_credit_packs (e.g. pack_10).

### `confirm_credits` (~72 tokens)

Confirm TEST credit purchase — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

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.

Input parameters:

- `stripe_payment_intent_id` (string, required): PaymentIntent id (pi_…) from checkout_credits.

### `quote_credits` (~53 tokens)

Quote credit cost — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

Dry-run cost for an op without debit (GET /credits/quote?op=ocr). Returns cost, balance, and would_succeed.

Input parameters:

- `op` (string): Operation to quote. Defaults to ocr.

### `credit_balance` (~22 tokens)

Credit balance — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

Derived prepaid balance for this caller_id (GET /credits/balance).

### `credit_events` (~41 tokens)

Credit ledger events — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

Append-only Ledger events for this caller_id (GET /credits/events): credit.grant (first_key), credit.purchase, credit.debit, optional credit.balance_snapshot.

### `ocr_extract` (~218 tokens)

OCR image URL to plain text — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

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.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Absolute http(s) image URL to OCR. Golden proof URL: https://placehold.co/600x160/000000/FFFFFF/png?text=HELLO+OCR

### `health` (~28 tokens)

Health — image ocr, ocr text, vision text

Public readiness (GET /health): billing (test|gated) and runner_ready. No key.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr/ocr#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 66
- 2026-09-19: 65
- 2026-09-18: 65

## Common questions

### What is the image-ocr MCP server?

image-ocr is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as co.kymac.ocr/image-ocr. Image URL → plain text OCR for bots. Free try then prepaid TEST. https://ocr.kymac.co. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp).

### Is the image-ocr MCP server safe to use?

image-ocr scores 66 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the image-ocr MCP server expose?

image-ocr exposes 12 tools: issue_key, verify_key, rotate_key, revoke_key, list_credit_packs, and 7 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 789 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the image-ocr MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to image-ocr without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the image-ocr MCP server still maintained?

image-ocr is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://ocr.kymac.co/mcp
- Website: https://ocr.kymac.co/llms.txt
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr/ocr.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr/ocr.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-kymac-ocr-image-ocr/ocr