auto-album-curator

Auto-Album Curator

⚠️ Connection Required — ALWAYS CHECK FIRST

Before doing ANYTHING else in this skill, call ping on the Immich MCP server.

• If ping succeeds → proceed with the skill normally.
• If ping fails or the MCP tools are not available → STOP. Do not continue. Tell the user:

❌ Immich is not connected. This plugin needs a running Immich MCP server to work.

Run /setup-immich-photo-manager to configure your Immich connection. You'll need:

1. Your Immich server URL (e.g., http://192.168.1.100:2283)
2. An Immich API key (how to create one)
3. The MCP server configured (see /setup-immich-photo-manager)

Nothing in this plugin will work until the connection is configured.

Do NOT skip this check. Do NOT try to run any other tool first. Always ping, always block if it fails.

Analyze new photos against existing albums and suggest additions. Uses GPS proximity, CLIP visual similarity, and temporal patterns to find photos that belong in an album but haven't been added yet.

When to Use

• After importing new photos from a trip/event
• Periodic curation (weekly/monthly)
• When the user notices new photos aren't in the right albums
• After running a cleanup that might have removed album members

Curation Workflow

Step 1: Inventory Current Albums

Use the MCP tool list_albums to get all albums, then get_album for each to understand their contents:

for album in albums:
    album.photo_count = len(album.assets)
    album.date_range = (min(dates), max(dates))
    album.gps_center = average(gps_coordinates)
    album.gps_radius = max_distance_from_center
    album.themes = []  # populated by CLIP analysis

Step 2: Profile Each Album

For each album, build a profile:

GPS Profile:

• Calculate the geographic center and radius of all geotagged photos
• If radius < 50km → "location-based album" (e.g., "Barcelona")
• If radius > 500km → "trip album" or "theme album"

Temporal Profile:

• Date range of photos
• Is it a single event (1-3 days) or ongoing collection?
• For event albums, new photos should be within the date range
• For collection albums, any date is valid

Visual Profile:

• Use search_smart (CLIP) with descriptive terms derived from album name
• Sample 5 representative photos and note their visual characteristics

Step 3: Find Candidate Photos

For each album, search for unassigned photos that match its profile:

candidates = []

# GPS-based matching (for location albums)
if album.gps_center:
    nearby = search_metadata(
        lat=album.gps_center.lat,
        lng=album.gps_center.lng,
        radius_km=album.gps_radius * 1.5  # slightly wider
    )
    candidates.extend(nearby)

# CLIP-based matching (for theme albums)
if album.name:
    similar = search_smart(query=album.name)
    candidates.extend(similar)

# Date-based matching (for event albums)
if album.is_event:
    in_range = search_metadata(
        date_after=album.date_range[0],
        date_before=album.date_range[1]
    )
    candidates.extend(in_range)

# Filter: only photos NOT already in ANY album
candidates = [c for c in candidates if c.id not in all_album_asset_ids]

Step 4: Score and Rank Candidates

For each candidate, compute a relevance score:

Signal	Weight	Description
GPS proximity	0.4	Distance from album's geographic center
Visual similarity	0.3	CLIP score against album's representative photos
Temporal fit	0.2	How well the date fits the album's range
Source match	0.1	Same camera/source as existing album photos

Only suggest candidates with score > 0.6.

Step 5: Present Suggestions

ALBUM CURATION SUGGESTIONS
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📁 Barcelona (42 photos, last updated: 2024-08-15)
   3 new photos found:
   - IMG_4521.jpg (2024-12-20, GPS: 41.38°N 2.17°E, score: 0.92)
   - IMG_4523.jpg (2024-12-20, GPS: 41.39°N 2.18°E, score: 0.89)
   - DSC_0012.jpg (2025-01-05, GPS: 41.40°N 2.16°E, score: 0.78)

📁 Family Dinners (28 photos, ongoing collection)
   5 new photos found:
   - IMG_5102.jpg (2025-02-14, CLIP: "dinner table", score: 0.81)
   - IMG_5103.jpg (2025-02-14, CLIP: "family gathering", score: 0.77)
   ...

📁 Lanzarote 2024 (156 photos, event: Oct 2024)
   0 new photos — album appears complete

SUMMARY: 8 photos suggested for 2 albums
Add all? [Yes / Review one by one / Skip]

Step 6: Apply (User-Approved)

Use add_assets_to_album MCP tool to add approved photos.

Album Types

The curator handles different album types differently:

Type	Detection	Candidate Strategy
Location	All photos within 50km radius	GPS proximity search
Event	Photos span 1-7 days	Strict date range matching
Trip	Photos span 1-4 weeks, multiple locations	GPS along the route
Theme	No GPS pattern, mixed dates	CLIP visual similarity only
People	Album named after a person	Face recognition (if available)

Scheduled Mode

This skill can be configured to run periodically via the schedule skill:

"Run album curation every Sunday at 9am"
→ Scans for new photos added in the past week
→ Generates suggestions
→ Saves report for user review

Important Notes

• Never adds photos automatically — always presents suggestions for approval
• Respects album boundaries — won't suggest adding a screenshot to a travel album
• For shared albums (published via Immich shared links), suggests additions but warns about public visibility
• CLIP search requires the Immich ML container to be running
• Large libraries (>50K) may take 2-5 minutes to analyze all albums
• The scoring weights can be adjusted by the user if suggestions aren't relevant enough