# axiom-vision

A skill for Vision framework work: subject segmentation, pose detection, OCR, barcodes. Useful when you build a recognition feature on Apple platforms.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1800 installs · ★ 1229
- Author: CharlesWiltgen
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom/tree/HEAD/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/axiom-vision

## What it does

The skill kicks in whenever a project touches computer vision on the Vision framework. It ships three references: `skills/vision-framework.md` for implementation, `skills/vision-ref.md` for the API, and `skills/vision-diag.md` for debugging. A symptom table and a decision tree route you to the right one.

Implementation covers subject segmentation with VisionKit, hand and body pose detection, text recognition in fast and accurate modes, barcode detection with symbology selection, document scanning, and live scanning through DataScannerViewController. Isolating an object while excluding hands gets its own pattern, as does CoreImage HDR compositing.

Diagnostics walks through the usual breakage: a subject missed at the frame edge, missing pose landmarks, low-confidence observations, a frozen UI during processing, coordinate conversion bugs. For grouping faces into people across a whole library the skill points you to `axiom-media` — Vision detects faces in a single image, while MediaIntelligence clusters identities. Running Vision on the main thread is called out as a mistake: on older devices the app freezes.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-vision -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/axiom-vision/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-vision -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-vision -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install CharlesWiltgen/Axiom axiom-vision
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-vision -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --path axiom-codex/skills/axiom-vision
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-vision -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom/tree/HEAD/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-vision/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- lift a subject out of a photo and keep hands out of the mask
- read text from an image in accurate mode
- scan QR codes live through the camera
- find hand pose landmarks in an image
- fix coordinate conversion between origin systems

## Example prompts
- How do I detect hand pose in an image?
- Isolate the subject but exclude the user's hands
- Text recognition returns wrong characters — help me debug it

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: axiom-vision
description: Use when implementing ANY computer vision feature — image analysis, pose detection, person segmentation, subject lifting, text recognition, barcode scanning.
license: MIT
---

# Computer Vision

**You MUST use this skill for ANY computer vision work using the Vision framework.**

## Quick Reference

| Symptom / Task | Reference |
|----------------|-----------|
| Subject segmentation, lifting | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Hand/body pose detection | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Text recognition (OCR) | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Barcode/QR code detection | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Document scanning | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| DataScannerViewController | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Structured document extraction (iOS 26+) | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Isolate object excluding hand | See `skills/vision-framework.md` |
| Tap-to-segment any object `OS27` | See `skills/vision-ref.md` |
| Vision on watchOS `watchOS27` | See `skills/vision-ref.md` |
| Vision tools for Foundation Models (BarcodeReaderTool, OCRTool) `OS27` | See `skills/vision-ref.md` |
| Vision framework API reference | See `skills/vision-ref.md` |
| Visual Intelligence integration (iOS 26+, iPadOS27/macOS27) | See `skills/vision-ref.md` |
| Sensitive content classification (nudity/gore/violence), categorized via `detectedTypes` (`OS27`) | See `skills/vision-ref.md` |
| Group/cluster faces into people across a library, video highlights/key frames (`OS27`) | Use axiom-media (skills/media-intelligence.md) instead — MediaIntelligence clusters identities; Vision detects faces in one image |
| Subject not detected | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| Hand/body pose missing landmarks | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| Low confidence observations | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| UI freezing during processing | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| Coordinate conversion bugs | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| Text not recognized / wrong chars | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| Barcode not detected | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| DataScanner blank / no items | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |
| Document edges not detected | See `skills/vision-diag.md` |

## Decision Tree

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    start [label="Computer vision task" shape=ellipse];
    what [label="What do you need?" shape=diamond];

    start -> what;
    what -> "skills/vision-framework.md" [label="implement feature"];
    what -> "skills/vision-ref.md" [label="API reference"];
    what -> "skills/vision-ref.md" [label="Visual Intelligence"];
    what -> "skills/vision-ref.md" [label="tap-to-segment / watchOS / FM tools (27)"];
````
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