General Pattern for Recognizing an Informative Image
⚠️ Not currently in production. This checkpoint is not part of the live product right now: the image classification models it relied on were discontinued. Integration is planned for an upcoming release.
An image is informative when its presence helps the user understand something that cannot be inferred from the text alone.
If the image adds meaning → it is informative. If it only accompanies visually and the user loses nothing without it → it is not informative.
Flexible Patterns (Non-strict, interpretable by AI)
Pattern 1 — Image that distinguishes similar elements
When the content needs to differentiate two things and the image helps with that distinction:
- Variable example: phone icon vs. fax icon, email icon vs. WhatsApp icon, store icon vs. branch icon.
Idea to convey to the AI: If the image helps identify or differentiate something, it is informative.
Pattern 2 — Image that complements text
If the image provides visual context that the text does not fully cover.
- It can be an animal, an object, a person, or an environment.
If the text does not explain the visual detail, the image provides information → informative.
Pattern 3 — Image that shows how to do something
- Diagrams, steps, visual instructions.
If the image teaches an action, even a simple one → informative.
Pattern 4 — Image that indicates type or category
- Can be file format (PDF, Word), media type (video/audio), status (warning/success), etc.
If the image identifies a category, and the text does not clearly do so, → informative.
But pay attention (important flexibility):
The same image can be informative or not, depending on the context.
| Image | Nearby text | Result |
|---|---|---|
| PDF icon | "Download report" | Informative (the icon adds format) |
| PDF icon | "Download report (PDF)" | Not informative (the text already says it) |
It is not judged by the image itself, but by its relationship with the context.
So, what the AI learns is:
An image is informative if its absence causes a loss of meaning.
The decision depends on the nearby textual context, not just the image.Ready-to-use version as a knowledge block in the prompt
Consider an image "informative" when it contributes meaning to the content.
The image is informative if:
- It adds visual context that the text does not describe.
- It represents something relevant to understanding the message.
- It illustrates an action, instruction, or process.
- It identifies a category or type of resource when the text does not indicate it.
The image is no longer informative if:
- The text already contains all the information the image provides.
- The image only accompanies visually without modifying the understanding.
- Removing the image does not affect comprehension of the content.