Show HN: I taught GPT-OSS-120B to see using Google Lens and OpenCV

19•vkaufmann•2h ago

I built an MCP server that gives any local LLM real Google search and now vision capabilities - no API keys needed.

  The latest feature: google_lens_detect uses OpenCV to find objects in an image, crops each one, and sends them to Google Lens for identification. GPT-OSS-120B, a text-only model with
   zero vision support, correctly identified an NVIDIA DGX Spark and a SanDisk USB drive from a desk photo.

  Also includes Google Search, News, Shopping, Scholar, Maps, Finance, Weather, Flights, Hotels, Translate, Images, Trends, and more. 17 tools total.

  Two commands: pip install noapi-google-search-mcp && playwright install chromium

  GitHub: https://github.com/VincentKaufmann/noapi-google-search-mcp
  PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/noapi-google-search-mcp/

Booyah!

Comments

TZubiri•1h ago

have you tried Llama? In my experience it has been strictly better than GPT OSS, but it might depend on specifically how it is used.

embedding-shape•14m ago

Have you tried GPT-OSS-120b MXFP4 with reasoning effort set to high? Out of all models I can run within 96GB, it seems to consistently give better results. What exact llama model (+ quant I suppose) is it that you've had better results against, and what did you compare it against, the 120b or 20b variant?

N_Lens•1h ago

Looks like a TOS violation to me to scrape google directly like that. While the concept of giving a text only model 'pseudo vision' is clever, I think the solution in its current form is a bit fragile. The SerpAPI, Google Custom Search API, etc. exist for a reason; For anything beyond personal tinkering, this is a liability.

speedgoose•1h ago

Isn’t SerpAPI about scraping Google through residential proxies as a service ?

peddling-brink•1h ago

And they are getting sued. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-secu...

mt42or•22m ago

All ia models are built on stolen data, that's fair war.

embedding-shape•15m ago

> Looks like a TOS violation to me to scrape google directly like that

If something was built by violating TOS' and you use that to do more TOS violations against the ones who initially did the TOS violations to build the thing, do they cancel out each other?

Not about GPT-OSS specifically, but say you used Gemma for the same purpose instead for this hypothetical.

tanduv•47m ago

you eventually get hit with captcha with the playwright approach

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