Image library

What it does

The image library lets articles and social posts use the client's real photos instead of generated images. Nexus reads a Drive folder, tags every photo (what it shows, its style and quality, which pillar and persona it fits), and offers the best match for each piece.

Set it up

1. ✋ Share the client's Drive photo folder with the Google account your Nexus team gave you as Viewer. A curated folder of the best shots works better than a raw shoot.
2. "Connect this folder to the image library: [Drive folder link]."
3. A folder with more than 200 images asks first, and offers to keep one photo per shot (bursts of near-identical frames). Reply "one per shot" or "all".
4. Tagging takes a few minutes. "Open the image library." shows every photo with its tags.

Check and curate

• Fix a tag or hide a photo on the image library page, or in Slack: "Hide the image IMG_0412 from the library."
• Replace the folder: "Use this folder instead: [link]." Photos from the old folder leave the library; their history is kept.
• Added photos to the folder? "Reindex the image library." reads it again and tags the new ones.

Use it

• For a blog's hero image, Nexus uses a library photo on its own only when it's a strong match. Otherwise it suggests photos: "Suggest a photo from the library for [title]."
• Pin one yourself: "Use the library photo IMG_0412 as the hero image of [title]."
• Find photos: "Find photos of our warehouse team."

A client's photo is never altered by AI; it's only cropped to the image size.

Troubleshooting

• The message says "Nexus can't read the folder." It isn't shared with the Google account your Nexus team gave you, or it's shared with a different account. Share it and connect again.
• No photos come up for a topic. The tags don't match: check them on the library page.

Prompts

• "Connect this folder to the image library: [Drive folder link]."
• "one per shot"
• "all"
• "Open the image library."
• "Reindex the image library."
• "Hide the image IMG_0412 from the library."
• "Suggest a photo from the library for [title]."
• "Use the library photo IMG_0412 as the hero image of [title]."
• "Find photos of our warehouse team."

Machine twins: /help/image-library.json · /help/image-library.md · /help.json · /llms.txt

Reviewed 2026-10-15. In Slack, ask Nexus how do I … and it answers from this guide, with where your company stands.