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# analyze • AI Agent SDK

> analyze: Analyze an image and return analysis.

# analyze

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> This is a method of the [**VisionAgent**](../classes/VisionAgent) class in the [**vision\_agent**](../modules/vision_agent) module.

Analyze an image and return analysis.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def analyze(image: str, prompt: Optional[str], detail: Optional[str], model: Optional[str]) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="image" type="str" required={true}>
  Image URL or local file path
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="prompt" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Custom prompt for analysis (default: general analysis)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="detail" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Detail level (low, high, auto)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="model" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Override model for this call \*\*kwargs: Additional provider-specific parameters
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  Analysis text
</ResponseField>

## Usage

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
agent = VisionAgent()
    result = agent.analyze(
        "https://example.com/chart.png",
        prompt="What trends does this chart show?"
    )
```

## Uses

* `completion`

## Used By

* [`Agent.analyze_prompt`](../functions/Agent-analyze_prompt)
* [`Agent.get_recommended_stage`](../functions/Agent-get_recommended_stage)
* [`VisionAgent.describe`](../functions/VisionAgent-describe)
* [`VisionAgent.extract_text`](../functions/VisionAgent-extract_text)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/vision_agent.py` at line 210
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