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deepseek-ocr

Expert skill for using DeepSeek-OCR, a vision-language model for optical character recognition with context optical compression supporting documents, PDFs, and images.

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Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/reason-machines/trending-skills --skill deepseek-ocr
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads deepseek-ocr automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

DeepSeek-OCR

Skill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection.

DeepSeek-OCR is a vision-language model for Optical Character Recognition with "Contexts Optical Compression." It supports native and dynamic resolutions, multiple prompt modes (document-to-markdown, free OCR, figure parsing, grounding), and can be run via vLLM (high-throughput) or HuggingFace Transformers. It processes images and PDFs, outputting structured text or markdown.


Installation

Prerequisites

  • CUDA 11.8+, PyTorch 2.6.0
  • Python 3.12.9 (via conda recommended)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR.git
cd DeepSeek-OCR

conda create -n deepseek-ocr python=3.12.9 -y
conda activate deepseek-ocr

# Install PyTorch with CUDA 11.8
pip install torch==2.6.0 torchvision==0.21.0 torchaudio==2.6.0 \
  --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118

# Download vllm-0.8.5 whl from https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.8.5
pip install vllm-0.8.5+cu118-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install flash-attn==2.7.3 --no-build-isolation

Alternative: upstream vLLM (nightly)

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -U vllm --pre --extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/nightly

Model Download

Model is available on HuggingFace: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR

from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
snapshot_download(repo_id="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR")

Inference: vLLM (Recommended for Production)

Single Image — Streaming

from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.model_executor.models.deepseek_ocr import NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor
from PIL import Image

llm = LLM(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR",
    enable_prefix_caching=False,
    mm_processor_cache_gb=0,
    logits_processors=[NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor]
)

image = Image.open("document.png").convert("RGB")
prompt = "<image>\nFree OCR."

sampling_params = SamplingParams(
    temperature=0.0,
    max_tokens=8192,
    extra_args=dict(
        ngram_size=30,
        window_size=90,
        whitelist_token_ids={128821, 128822},  # <td>, </td> for table support
    ),
    skip_special_tokens=False,
)

outputs = llm.generate(
    [{"prompt": prompt, "multi_modal_data": {"image": image}}],
    sampling_params
)

print(outputs[0].outputs[0].text)

Batch Images

from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.model_executor.models.deepseek_ocr import NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor
from PIL import Image

llm = LLM(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR",
    enable_prefix_caching=False,
    mm_processor_cache_gb=0,
    logits_processors=[NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor]
)

image_paths = ["page1.png", "page2.png", "page3.png"]
prompt = "<image>\n<|grounding|>Convert the document to markdown. "

model_input = [
    {
        "prompt": prompt,
        "multi_modal_data": {"image": Image.open(p).convert("RGB")}
    }
    for p in image_paths
]

sampling_params = SamplingParams(
    temperature=0.0,
    max_tokens=8192,
    extra_args=dict(
        ngram_size=30,
        window_size=90,
        whitelist_token_ids={128821, 128822},
    ),
    skip_special_tokens=False,
)

outputs = llm.generate(model_input, sampling_params)

for path, output in zip(image_paths, outputs):
    print(f"=== {path} ===")
    print(output.outputs[0].text)

PDF Processing (via vLLM scripts)

cd DeepSeek-OCR-master/DeepSeek-OCR-vllm
# Edit config.py: set INPUT_PATH, OUTPUT_PATH, model path, etc.
python run_dpsk_ocr_pdf.py   # ~2500 tokens/s on A100-40G

Benchmark Evaluation

cd DeepSeek-OCR-master/DeepSeek-OCR-vllm
python run_dpsk_ocr_eval_batch.py

Inference: HuggingFace Transformers

import os
import torch
from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer

os.environ["CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"] = "0"

model_name = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR"

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name, trust_remote_code=True)
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
    model_name,
    _attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
    trust_remote_code=True,
    use_safetensors=True,
)
model = model.eval().cuda().to(torch.bfloat16)

# Document to markdown
res = model.infer(
    tokenizer,
    prompt="<image>\n<|grounding|>Convert the document to markdown. ",
    image_file="document.jpg",
    output_path="./output/",
    base_size=1024,
    image_size=640,
    crop_mode=True,
    save_results=True,
    test_compress=True,
)
print(res)

Transformers Script

cd DeepSeek-OCR-master/DeepSeek-OCR-hf
python run_dpsk_ocr.py

Prompt Reference

Use CasePrompt
Document → Markdown`<image>\n<
General OCR`<image>\n<
Free OCR (no layout)<image>\nFree OCR.
Parse figure/chart<image>\nParse the figure.
General description<image>\nDescribe this image in detail.
Grounded REC<image>\nLocate <|ref|>TARGET_TEXT<|/ref|> in the image.
PROMPTS = {
    "document_markdown": "<image>\n<|grounding|>Convert the document to markdown. ",
    "ocr_image":         "<image>\n<|grounding|>OCR this image. ",
    "free_ocr":          "<image>\nFree OCR. ",
    "parse_figure":      "<image>\nParse the figure. ",
    "describe":          "<image>\nDescribe this image in detail. ",
    "rec":               "<image>\nLocate <|ref|>{target}<|/ref|> in the image. ",
}

Supported Resolutions

ModeResolutionVision Tokens
Tiny512×51264
Small640×640100
Base1024×1024256
Large1280×1280400
Gundam (dynamic)n×640×640 + 1×1024×1024variable
# Transformers: control resolution via infer() params
res = model.infer(
    tokenizer,
    prompt=prompt,
    image_file="image.jpg",
    base_size=1024,   # 512, 640, 1024, or 1280
    image_size=640,   # patch size for dynamic mode
    crop_mode=True,   # True = Gundam dynamic resolution
)

Configuration (vLLM)

Edit DeepSeek-OCR-master/DeepSeek-OCR-vllm/config.py:

# Key config fields (example)
MODEL_PATH = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR"   # or local path
INPUT_PATH = "/data/input_images/"
OUTPUT_PATH = "/data/output/"
TENSOR_PARALLEL_SIZE = 1                   # GPUs for tensor parallelism
MAX_TOKENS = 8192
TEMPERATURE = 0.0
NGRAM_SIZE = 30
WINDOW_SIZE = 90

Common Patterns

Process a Directory of Images

import os
from pathlib import Path
from PIL import Image
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.model_executor.models.deepseek_ocr import NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor

def batch_ocr(image_dir: str, output_dir: str, prompt: str = "<image>\nFree OCR."):
    Path(output_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    
    llm = LLM(
        model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR",
        enable_prefix_caching=False,
        mm_processor_cache_gb=0,
        logits_processors=[NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor],
    )
    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
        temperature=0.0,
        max_tokens=8192,
        extra_args=dict(ngram_size=30, window_size=90, whitelist_token_ids={128821, 128822}),
        skip_special_tokens=False,
    )
    
    image_files = list(Path(image_dir).glob("*.png")) + list(Path(image_dir).glob("*.jpg"))
    
    inputs = [
        {"prompt": prompt, "multi_modal_data": {"image": Image.open(f).convert("RGB")}}
        for f in image_files
    ]
    
    outputs = llm.generate(inputs, sampling_params)
    
    for img_path, output in zip(image_files, outputs):
        out_file = Path(output_dir) / (img_path.stem + ".txt")
        out_file.write_text(output.outputs[0].text)
        print(f"Saved: {out_file}")

batch_ocr("/data/scans/", "/data/results/")

Convert PDF Pages to Markdown

import fitz  # PyMuPDF
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.model_executor.models.deepseek_ocr import NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor

def pdf_to_markdown(pdf_path: str) -> list[str]:
    doc = fitz.open(pdf_path)
    llm = LLM(
        model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR",
        enable_prefix_caching=False,
        mm_processor_cache_gb=0,
        logits_processors=[NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor],
    )
    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
        temperature=0.0,
        max_tokens=8192,
        extra_args=dict(ngram_size=30, window_size=90, whitelist_token_ids={128821, 128822}),
        skip_special_tokens=False,
    )
    
    prompt = "<image>\n<|grounding|>Convert the document to markdown. "
    inputs = []
    for page in doc:
        pix = page.get_pixmap(dpi=150)
        img = Image.open(BytesIO(pix.tobytes("png"))).convert("RGB")
        inputs.append({"prompt": prompt, "multi_modal_data": {"image": img}})
    
    outputs = llm.generate(inputs, sampling_params)
    return [o.outputs[0].text for o in outputs]

pages = pdf_to_markdown("report.pdf")
full_markdown = "\n\n---\n\n".join(pages)
print(full_markdown)

Grounded Text Location (REC)

import torch
from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer

model_name = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name, trust_remote_code=True)
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
    model_name,
    _attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
    trust_remote_code=True,
    use_safetensors=True,
).eval().cuda().to(torch.bfloat16)

target = "Total Amount"
prompt = f"<image>\nLocate <|ref|>{target}<|/ref|> in the image. "

res = model.infer(
    tokenizer,
    prompt=prompt,
    image_file="invoice.jpg",
    output_path="./output/",
    base_size=1024,
    image_size=640,
    crop_mode=False,
    save_results=True,
)
print(res)  # Returns bounding box / location info

Troubleshooting

transformers version conflict with vLLM

vLLM 0.8.5 requires transformers>=4.51.1 — if running both in the same env, this error is safe to ignore per the project docs.

Flash Attention build errors

# Ensure torch is installed before flash-attn
pip install flash-attn==2.7.3 --no-build-isolation

CUDA out of memory

  • Use smaller resolution: base_size=512 or base_size=640
  • Disable crop_mode=False to avoid multi-crop dynamic resolution
  • Reduce batch size in vLLM inputs

Model output is garbled / repetitive

Ensure NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor is passed to LLM — this is required for proper decoding:

from vllm.model_executor.models.deepseek_ocr import NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor
llm = LLM(..., logits_processors=[NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor])

Tables not rendering correctly

Add table token IDs to the whitelist:

whitelist_token_ids={128821, 128822}  # <td> and </td>

Multi-GPU inference

llm = LLM(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR",
    tensor_parallel_size=4,  # number of GPUs
    enable_prefix_caching=False,
    mm_processor_cache_gb=0,
    logits_processors=[NGramPerReqLogitsProcessor],
)

Key Files

DeepSeek-OCR-master/
├── DeepSeek-OCR-vllm/
│   ├── config.py                  # vLLM configuration
│   ├── run_dpsk_ocr_image.py      # Single image inference
│   ├── run_dpsk_ocr_pdf.py        # PDF batch inference
│   └── run_dpsk_ocr_eval_batch.py # Benchmark evaluation
└── DeepSeek-OCR-hf/
    └── run_dpsk_ocr.py            # HuggingFace Transformers inference

FAQ

What does the deepseek-ocr skill do?

Expert skill for using DeepSeek-OCR, a vision-language model for optical character recognition with context optical compression supporting documents, PDFs, and images.

How do I install deepseek-ocr?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/reason-machines/trending-skills --skill deepseek-ocr in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/deepseek-ocr/ (personal) or .claude/skills/deepseek-ocr/ (project).

Which AI agents can use deepseek-ocr?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is deepseek-ocr safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains deepseek-ocr?

It is published by reason-machines in reason-machines/trending-skills. It has 1,614 recorded installs.

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