configuring-vision

Sets up AI vision tools from different companies so you can analyze images and videos.

Installation

Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill" --skill "configuring-vision"` to install this skill, then follow its SKILL.md instructions for my next request.

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, or any agent that can run commands.

SKILL.mdShow the author's original SKILL.md

---
name: configuring-vision
version: "1.4.3"
description: The user wants to connect an LLM or vision provider, already has an API key, asks "can I use OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini/OpenRouter", wants local Ollama, or needs different cheap and strong models. Use this to configure provider-neutral visual understanding without tying Watch Skill to one agent or model vendor.
license: MIT
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Bash, Read
---

# Configuring vision

Watch Skill's agent surface and model backend are separate choices. Claude Code,
Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, framework agents, and REST clients all call the same engine;
the engine can send selected frames to any supported vision provider.

## Supported providers

```bash
watch-skill setup-vision --provider anthropic --api-key <KEY>
watch-skill setup-vision --provider openai --api-key <KEY>
watch-skill setup-vision --provider gemini --api-key <KEY>
watch-skill setup-vision --provider openrouter --api-key <KEY>
watch-skill setup-vision --provider ollama
```

Prefer a key the user already has. Do not claim Ollama is required, and do not ask
the user to reveal a secret in chat. They can set the matching environment variable
or run the command privately in their terminal.

## Route bulk work and verification separately

One model can serve both tiers:

```bash
watch-skill setup-vision --provider openai --api-key <KEY> --model <vision-model>
```

Or use a cheaper model for scene descriptions and a stronger model for uncertain
answers and loop critiques:

```bash
watch-skill setup-vision --provider openrouter --api-key <KEY> \
--cheap-model <fast-vision-model> --strong-model <strong-vision-model>
```

Add `--verify` to make one live probe call. If it fails, report the structured error
and its `fix`; never echo the key.

## No provider is also valid

Without a vision API, Watch Skill still acquires video, reads captions, runs local
transcription and OCR, indexes evidence, and searches it. Visual synthesis degrades
to timestamped evidence instead of guessing.

Mirrored from the author's public source. Install counts from the open skills registry.