Image Description FAQs

Question 1

What is the Image Description tool?

Accepted Answer

It's an AI-powered server that allows AI assistants to analyze images using xAI's Grok vision API, supporting both web URLs and local files for comprehensive analysis.

Question 2

Is Image Description secure for sensitive image data?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it prioritizes security by processing images temporarily in memory, utilizing Docker secrets for API keys, running as a non-root user, and not permanently storing image data.

Question 3

What are the main features of Image Description?

Accepted Answer

Its core features include generating AI-powered descriptions for images (from web URLs or local files) and performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract readable text from images.

Question 4

What prerequisites are needed to use Image Description?

Accepted Answer

You'll need Docker Desktop with the MCP Toolkit enabled, the Docker MCP CLI plugin, and an active xAI Grok API key obtained from console.x.ai.

Question 5

What types of images can Image Description process?

Accepted Answer

It can process images from public web URLs (HTTP/HTTPS) and local image files stored on your system, supporting various formats like JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, and BMP.

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