Viam Vision Service — Detections
Run object detection against camera images.
Viam Vision Service — Detections is a Naftiko capability published by Viam, one of 27 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 3 operations.
The capability includes 3 read-only operations. Lead operation: Detect objects from camera. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.
Tagged areas include Viam, Vision, and Detections.
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: Viam Vision Service — Detections
description: Run object detection against camera images.
tags: [Viam, Vision, Detections]
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
VIAM_API_KEY: VIAM_API_KEY
VIAM_MACHINE_ADDRESS: VIAM_MACHINE_ADDRESS
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: vision-detections
baseUri: '{{env.VIAM_MACHINE_ADDRESS}}'
description: Viam VisionService.
resources:
- name: get-detections-from-camera
path: /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetDetectionsFromCamera
operations:
- { name: getDetectionsFromCamera, method: POST, description: Detect objects in a camera frame., outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{ name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true }] }
- name: get-detections
path: /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetDetections
operations:
- { name: getDetections, method: POST, description: Detect objects in a provided image., outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{ name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true }] }
- name: get-object-point-clouds
path: /viam.service.vision.v1.VisionService/GetObjectPointClouds
operations:
- { name: getObjectPointClouds, method: POST, description: 3D segment objects from a camera., outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{ name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true }] }
authentication:
type: apikey
key: key
value: '{{env.VIAM_API_KEY}}'
placement: header
exposes:
- type: mcp
namespace: vision-detections-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for object detection.
tools:
- { name: viam-detect-from-camera, description: Detect objects from camera., hints: { readOnly: true, destructive: false, idempotent: true }, call: vision-detections.getDetectionsFromCamera, with: { body: tools.body } }
- { name: viam-detect-from-image, description: Detect objects in image., hints: { readOnly: true, destructive: false, idempotent: true }, call: vision-detections.getDetections, with: { body: tools.body } }
- { name: viam-object-point-clouds, description: 3D segment objects., hints: { readOnly: true, destructive: false, idempotent: true }, call: vision-detections.getObjectPointClouds, with: { body: tools.body } }