AI Image Classification

What it does

Adds AI-powered image description and classification capabilities to Drupal media.

With this recipe, your Drupal site gains automatic image understanding: when you upload a media image, the system can generate:

• Alt text via the “Generate Alt Text” action

• Image description (free-text)

• Image tags drawn from a taxonomy vocabulary

All of this is wired into the media/image bundle, so it works out-of-the-box once the recipe is applied.

Why it matters

Drupal currently lacks built-in AI-based image classification, which limits media discoverability, search, and automation. This recipe helps close that gap by:

• Enabling richer metadata on images without manual editing

• Supporting future AI features (e.g. RAG-based image retrieval)

• Reducing the burden of content maintenance

It’s a foundational building block for more advanced media/AI workflows.

How it works (internals)

When applied, the recipe configures:

• A new taxonomy vocabulary dedicated to image classification

• A description field added to the media/image bundle

• A taxonomy reference field for classification tags

• Field widget actions on media/image to invoke alt-text generation

• Automators so that descriptions and tags are populated after saving

On upload or editing, once you generate alt text and save, the description and tags are automatically filled. 

Requirements & compatibility

• Drupal core: ^10.4 or ^11

• AI module ^1.2

• Token module ^1.16

How to get started

1. Install this recipe into your recipes/ directory using Composer 

2. Configure an AI provider that supports Chat with Image Vision

3. Run drush recipe ../recipes/ai_recipe_image_classification

4. Upload or edit a media image, click “Generate Alt Text,” and save

After saving the description and tags are filled out automatically.