Markitdown
ImCa0/just-laws
Convert files and office documents to Markdown. An agent skill from ImCa0/just-laws.
Read and analyze images on GSV or connected targets with img2txt.
Install Image Reading
$ npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install deathbyknowledge/gsv image-reading --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/image-reading .claude/skills/image-reading && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "image-reading" agent skill from https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-reading into .claude/skills/image-reading/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "image-reading", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-readingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install deathbyknowledge/gsv image-reading --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/image-reading .agents/skills/image-reading && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "image-reading" agent skill from https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-reading into .agents/skills/image-reading/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "image-reading", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install deathbyknowledge/gsv image-reading --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/image-reading .cursor/skills/image-reading && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "image-reading" agent skill from https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-reading into .cursor/skills/image-reading/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "image-reading", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git --path skills/image-reading--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install deathbyknowledge/gsv image-reading --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/image-reading .gemini/skills/image-reading && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "image-reading" agent skill from https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-reading into .gemini/skills/image-reading/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "image-reading", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install deathbyknowledge/gsv image-readingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/image-reading .github/skills/image-reading && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "image-reading" agent skill from https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-reading into .github/skills/image-reading/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "image-reading", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install deathbyknowledge/gsv image-reading --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/image-reading .opencode/skills/image-reading && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "image-reading" agent skill from https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv/tree/main/skills/image-reading into .opencode/skills/image-reading/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "image-reading", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
image-reading- GitHub stars
- 125
- Token cost
- ~343 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 156 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Read and analyze images on GSV or connected targets with img2txt.
- Visual questions
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Structured extraction
- Object pointing
What it does
Image Reading is an agent skill from deathbyknowledge/gsv. Read and analyze images on GSV or connected targets with img2txt. Use for captions, visual questions, OCR, structured extraction, object pointing or detection, and screenshots or image files stored on another target.
Its SKILL.md is about 340 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Documents & Office, covering Document parsing. The repository describes itself as: Personal AI computer / distributed OS across all your devices. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Visual questions
- Structured extraction
- Object pointing
- Image files stored on another target
Example prompts
- “/image-reading”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 684cdc8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Image Reading loads about 343 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 156 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from deathbyknowledge/gsv at commit 684cdc8, republished under its MIT licence (© deathbyknowledge). 156 words, ~343 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/image-reading/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- image-reading
- description
- Read and analyze images on GSV or connected targets with img2txt. Use for captions, visual questions, OCR, structured extraction, object pointing or detection, and screenshots or image files stored on another target.
Read Images
Run img2txt from the gsv target. Use man img2txt for current syntax.
Choose the mode based on the task:
caption: Describe the image. Use--length short|normal|long.query: Answer a specific visual question. Requires--prompt.ocr: Extract text. Optionally use--promptto narrow the extraction.point: Return normalized coordinates for instances of an object. Requires--target.detect: Return normalized bounding boxes for instances of an object. Requires--target.
Pass images directly using a local path, gsv:/path, target:/path, or
[target-with-colons]:/path. Target images stream directly and do not need to
be copied into GSV first.
For query and ocr, use --response-format for JSON, XML, Markdown, or CSV.
Use --schema with JSON when the result must have a specific structure.
Use --reasoning --json when query reasoning or grounding is useful.
Use --stream only for unstructured caption, query, or OCR text; it cannot be
combined with JSON envelopes, reasoning, or structured output.
point and detect produce JSON by default.
© deathbyknowledge, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/image-reading of deathbyknowledge/gsv.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 684cdc8
Compare with similar skills
Image Reading next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Reading this skilldeathbyknowledge/gsv | 125 | — | ~343 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MarkitdownImCa0/just-laws | 781 | 14 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| DOCX ToolkitXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code | 14k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Huashu Markdown Publishing Pipelinealchaincyf/huashu-md-html | 908 | — | ~4.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Markitdownjimmc414/Kosmos | 594 | 2 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Liteparsebastani-inc/atomic | 846 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Image Reading
What does Image Reading do?
Read and analyze images on GSV or connected targets with img2txt. Image Reading is an agent skill from deathbyknowledge/gsv. Read and analyze images on GSV or connected targets with img2txt.
When should I use Image Reading?
Image Reading fits situations like: visual questions; structured extraction; object pointing; image files stored on another target.
How do I install Image Reading in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/image-reading in deathbyknowledge/gsv) into .claude/skills/image-reading in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Image Reading in Codex?
Run `npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/image-reading in deathbyknowledge/gsv) into .agents/skills/image-reading in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Image Reading in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add deathbyknowledge/gsv --skill image-reading -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/image-reading, .gemini/skills/image-reading, .github/skills/image-reading and .opencode/skills/image-reading in your project.
What does Image Reading need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Image Reading is instructions for the agent only.
Does Image Reading access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Image Reading safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Image Reading use?
Image Reading is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Image Reading use?
About 343 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Image Reading?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Image Reading: Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), DOCX Toolkit (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars), Huashu Markdown Publishing Pipeline (alchaincyf/huashu-md-html, 908 stars) and Markitdown (jimmc414/Kosmos, 594 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Image Reading?
deathbyknowledge (a GitHub user) maintains it in deathbyknowledge/gsv, which has 125 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: deathbyknowledge/gsv on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.