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(≖_≖ ) squint-mcp
Most LLMs see images. With squint-mcp, the rest imagine seeing them.
squint-mcp turns images into ASCII art for text-only LLMs (DeepSeek-V4-Flash,<br>GLM-5.2). They can then squint, crop, squint harder, and eventually announce that<br>your toaster is probably a building.
To use it:
"mcp": {<br>"squint": {<br>"type": "local",<br>"command": ["npx", "-y", "squint-mcp"]
Q & A
Is this vision?
Not really. It is ASCII art doing a vision impression.
Can it read tiny text?
It can try. Sometimes the text comes back as decorative soup.
Why not use a vision model?
That would solve the problem.
How is it different from a vision model?
It burns more tokens for worse results.
Is it any good?
No. But every now and then it gets something right,<br>which is much worse for everyone.
Contributing
If you make it less wonky, more useful, or better at distinguishing dogs from<br>furniture, pull requests are welcome.
License
Not decided yet. The code is young. Please be kind to it.
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