LM Studio Plugins: Analyze Web Images With Vision LLMs

A developer has created plugins for LM Studio that allow vision-capable LLMs to fetch images from the web and analyze them directly within the application. The plugins work without requiring MCP/APIs or registration, using simple scripts that can be installed with one click from the LM Studio website.

Key Features

The main plugin, "analyze-images," enables LLMs to:

Fetch images from the web for analysis
Chain tools automatically based on the task
Convert fetched images into smaller thumbnail files for chat embedding to avoid clutter
Use full-resolution images for analysis when possible
Embed images in responses or use markdown table galleries when users request multiple images

The developer also updated existing plugins:

Duck-Duck-Go plugin now works with images
Visit Website plugin now works with images

Requirements and Setup

To use these plugins, you need:

A vision-capable model (Qwen 3.5 9b or 27b are recommended)
LM Studio with plugin support

The developer shared specific Qwen 3.5 settings that worked well:

Temperature: 1
Top K sampling: 20
Repeat Penalty: 1
Presence Penalty: 1.9
Top P sampling: 0.95
Min P sampling: 0

They noted that the Presence Penalty setting at 1.9 helped fix repetition problems and prevent loops.

The system prompt used was: "You are a capable, thoughtful, and precise assistant. Always prioritize being truthful, nuanced, insightful, and efficient, tailoring your responses specifically to the user's needs and preferences. Research before answering the questions: use both reasoning and tool calls to synthesize a proper conclusion."