generate_alt_text
Alt Text Generator
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Find every image on a page and draft alt text for the ones that need it, using a vision model that actually looks at the image. Lists every image with the alt it has today, the suggested alt, whether it looks decorative, and why any image was skipped. Up to 10 images per run go to the model. The suggestions are drafts for a human to review.
Returns { images[] with src, hadAlt, currentAlt, suggestedAlt, isDecorative, skippedReason; counts; model }. Limit: 10 runs per hour per IP. Allow up to 90s for a response. Free, no account, no API key.
Pass url to start a run. A slow run answers with { status: "pending", runId } instead of a result: call this same tool again with just that runId to collect it, as many times as it takes. Collecting costs no rate-limit slot.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | no | The page to run against. A bare domain like example.com is fine; https is assumed. Must be a public URL: anything behind a login, on a private network, or on localhost is refused. |
| refresh | boolean | no | Skip the 24 hour cache and run again. Costs a rate-limit slot even when a cached result exists, so leave it off unless the page has changed. |
| runId | string | no | Collect a run that answered with `{ status: "pending", runId }` instead of a result. Send the runId back on its own, with no url, and the same tool returns the finished result once the run is done. Costs no rate-limit slot. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The page to run against. A bare domain like example.com is fine; https is assumed. Must be a public URL: anything behind a login, on a private network, or on localhost is refused."
},
"refresh": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Skip the 24 hour cache and run again. Costs a rate-limit slot even when a cached result exists, so leave it off unless the page has changed.",
"default": false
},
"runId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Collect a run that answered with `{ status: \"pending\", runId }` instead of a result. Send the runId back on its own, with no url, and the same tool returns the finished result once the run is done. Costs no rate-limit slot."
}
},
"required": [],
"additionalProperties": false
}