OCR Skill

silicon-PaddleOCR

A Claude Code plugin that provides OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capabilities using PaddleOCR via the SiliconFlow API.

Features

• Extract text from images (JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF)
• Batch processing with glob patterns
• JSON output format for programmatic use
• Customizable recognition prompts
• Support for custom models and parameters

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local Claude Code plugins directory:

git clone https://github.com/aotenjou/silicon-PaddleOCR.git ~/.claude/plugins/silicon-PaddleOCR

2. Set up your SiliconFlow API key as an environment variable:

export SILICONFLOW_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

3. Install required Python dependencies:

pip install openai

Usage

Via Claude Code Command

After installing the plugin, use the /ocr command in Claude Code:

/ocr /path/to/image.jpg

Direct Script Usage

You can also run the OCR script directly:

# Single image
python3 skills/ocr/scripts/ocr_skill.py /path/to/image.jpg

# Multiple images with glob pattern
python3 skills/ocr/scripts/ocr_skill.py /path/to/images/*.png

# JSON output
python3 skills/ocr/scripts/ocr_skill.py --json /path/to/image.jpg

# Custom prompt
python3 skills/ocr/scripts/ocr_skill.py -p "Extract as Markdown table" /path/to/table.jpg

# Save results to file
python3 skills/ocr/scripts/ocr_skill.py --json --output results.json /path/to/images/*.jpg

Script Arguments

Argument	Description
images	Image file path(s) or glob pattern (required)
-k, --api-key	API key (default: SILICONFLOW_API_KEY env)
-m, --model	OCR model (default: PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR-VL-1.5)
-p, --prompt	Custom recognition prompt
-j, --json	Output in JSON format
-o, --output	Save results to file
--max-tokens	Max tokens in response (default: 300)

Configuration

Get your API key from SiliconFlow.

Supported Image Formats

• JPG/JPEG
• PNG
• WebP
• BMP
• GIF

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

Project Structure

silicon-PaddleOCR/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json              # Plugin manifest
├── commands/
│   └── ocr.md                   # /ocr command definition
└── skills/
    └── ocr/
        ├── SKILL.md             # Skill documentation
        ├── scripts/
        │   └── ocr_skill.py     # Main implementation
        ├── references/
        │   └── api-configuration.md
        └── examples/
            └── sample-usage.sh