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Optimize Shopify Alt Text

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Description

Scan Shopify product media, collection featured images, article featured images, and article inline images, then prepare a reviewable alt text optimization plan. The workflow first tests whether the active AI agent can truly inspect images, uses multimodal image understanding when available, falls back to Shopify fields when it is not, enforces Shopify alt text length limits, checks for repeated or keyword-stuffed text, and applies only approved updates.

Multimodal

Vision-aware alt text

Tests whether the active AI model can inspect local images, then uses downloaded product, collection, and article images to generate grounded descriptions when possible.

Safe fallback

Context-only fallback

When image recognition is unavailable, generates lower-confidence candidates from product, collection, article, filename, and nearby HTML context without pretending to see the image.

Preview first

Inventory and batch planning

Counts every product, collection, and article image that needs optimization, flags shared files and article HTML edits, and proposes manageable batches before any update.

512 max

Length and duplicate guard

Enforces Shopify's 512-character hard limit, targets concise 125-character alt text, and rejects repeated or keyword-stuffed candidates.

Controlled write

Approved Shopify updates

Updates product MediaImage alt text, collection image altText, article featured image altText, and inline article img alt attributes only after explicit approval.

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