Lens
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A high-performance image proxy and web services toolkit built with modern TypeScript. Lens provides a comprehensive suite of web utilities including image processing, screenshot capture, font serving, and more.
Details
- Author
- bysages
- GitHub stars
- 3
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- Image proxy with IPX-powered resize, format conversion, and optimization
- Website screenshot capture with Playwright-aligned options and caching
- Article content extraction (Markdown/HTML) via the Reader service
- Google Fonts compatible API (v1 and v2) with variable font support
- Dynamic Open Graph image generation
- Smart favicon extraction from multiple sources with fallback
- Cached Gravatar avatar proxy supporting email or hash input
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
LensCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repository, install dependencies with pnpm, copy .env.example to .env, and run pnpm dev to start the development server on http://localhost:3000. For MCP server use, configure Claude Desktop with the URL https://api.bysages.com/mcp in claude_desktop_config.json.
reader
Extract article content from a URL as Markdown (default) or cleaned HTML. Returns title, content, and metadata.
screenshot
Capture a screenshot of a website. Returns a base64-encoded image.
favicon
Extract the favicon of a website. Returns a base64-encoded PNG image.
og
Generate a dynamic Open Graph image with custom title, description, and styling.
gravatar
Get a Gravatar avatar by email or MD5 hash. Returns a base64-encoded image.
img
Transform and optimize an image (resize, crop, format convert, quality adjust). Returns a base64-encoded image.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"lens": {
"lens": {
"url": "https://api.bysages.com/mcp"
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"lens": {
"url": "https://api.bysages.com/mcp"
}
}Lens
> A high-performance image proxy and web services toolkit built with modern TypeScript. Lens provides a comprehensive suite of web utilities including image processing, screenshot capture, font serving, and more.
🚀 Features
Core Services
- 🖼️ Image Proxy: IPX-powered image processing with resize, format conversion, optimization
- 📸 Screenshot Capture: Fast website screenshot service with resource optimization
- 📄 Reader: Article content extraction (Markdown/HTML) with Readability
- 🅰️ Font Service: Google Fonts compatible API with multiple providers
- 🎨 Open Graph Images: Dynamic OG image generation
- 🎯 Favicon Extraction: Smart favicon extraction from websites
- 👤 Gravatar Proxy: Cached Gravatar avatar proxy with email or hash input
- 🤖 MCP Server: Model Context Protocol server exposing all services as tools via JSON-RPC 2.0
Performance & Scalability
- ⚡ Redis Caching: Redis-powered caching with 24-hour intelligent caching
- 🚀 Resource Optimization: Optimized page loading with blocked unnecessary resources
- 🛡️ Rate Limiting: Rate limiting for expensive operations
- 🔄 Graceful Degradation: Automatic fallbacks for missing services
📦 Quick Start
Prerequisites
- Node.js 22+
- pnpm 10+ (recommended) or npm
Installation
```bash
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