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ocr-software.com OCR for Gemini CLI

io.github.ocr-software/ocr-software-mcp

Read PDFs and images with ocr-software.com: page count, job, text, Markdown, JSON, hOCR.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install ocr-software.com OCR in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ocr-software-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ocr-software-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OCR_KEY": "<OCR_KEY>",
        "OCR_BASE_URL": "<OCR_BASE_URL>",
        "OCR_OUT_DIR": "<OCR_OUT_DIR>",
        "OCR_ALLOWED_DIR": "<OCR_ALLOWED_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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