vin-ocr
SkillMediaExtract a VIN from a photo or image URL using the CarsXE VIN OCR API. Use this when a user shares an image of a vehicle or VIN plate and wants to identify the VIN.
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Then ask your AI: use the vin-ocr skill
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What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins in plugins/carsxe/carsxe-codex-plugin/skills/vin-ocr/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
When the user shares an image containing a VIN (photo of dashboard, door jamb, windshield, etc.):
- Make an HTTP POST request to the CarsXE VIN OCR API:
- URL:
https://api.carsxe.com/v1/vinocr?key={CARSXE_API_KEY}&source=codex_plugin - Headers:
Content-Type: application/json - Body:
{ "image": "{IMAGE_URL}" }
- URL:
- Display the extracted VIN and confidence score.
- Offer to immediately decode the VIN using the vehicle-specs skill.
- If the image quality is poor or the VIN can't be extracted, suggest the user try a clearer photo with better lighting and angle.
- If the API key is missing, tell the user to set the
CARSXE_API_KEYenvironment variable (see AGENTS.md).
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- github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins
github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins