The Moondream MCP Server provides advanced image analysis capabilities for your applications using the Moondream vision model. It integrates with Claude and Cline, creating a bridge between AI assistants and sophisticated computer vision tasks like image captioning, object detection, and visual question answering.
Before installing the Moondream MCP Server, ensure you have:
git clone <repository-url>
cd moondream-server
pnpm install
pnpm run build
The server will automatically:
To integrate the server with Claude or Cline, add the following to your MCP settings file (claude_desktop_config.json
or cline_mcp_settings.json
):
{
"mcpServers": {
"moondream": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/moondream-server/build/index.js"]
}
}
}
The server provides a powerful image analysis tool with multiple modes:
{
"name": "analyze_image",
"arguments": {
"image_path": string, // Path to image file
"prompt": string // Analysis command
}
}
You can use different types of prompts depending on your needs:
{
"image_path": "photo.jpg",
"prompt": "generate caption"
}
{
"image_path": "scene.jpg",
"prompt": "detect: person"
}
{
"image_path": "painting.jpg",
"prompt": "What colors are used in this painting?"
}
If you experience issues downloading the model automatically, you can download it manually:
wget https://huggingface.co/vikhyatk/moondream2/resolve/main/moondream-0_5b-int4.mf.gz
The server uses port 3475 by default. To check if this port is in use:
lsof -i :3475
The UV package manager handles dependencies in a virtual environment located in the system temp folder. Check the logs in the temp directory if you experience Python-related issues.
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "moondream" '{"command":"node","args":["/path/to/moondream-server/build/index.js"]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"moondream": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/moondream-server/build/index.js"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"moondream": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/moondream-server/build/index.js"
]
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect