Batch-generate AI product images from a Google Sheets list

The system reads prompts from Google Sheets, generates an AI image for each, and saves it to Google Drive.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each prompt row.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5) · Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

flowchart TD trig(("user starts batch run")):::human s0[["read prompt rows"]]:::mi s1["generate image"]:::svc s2[("upload and update sheet")]:::store trig --> s0 s1 --> s2 gx{"× row already has image"}:::gate s0 --> gx p00["skip row"]:::task gx -->|"already done"| p00 p10["generate image"]:::task gx -->|"needs image"| p10 jn{"○ continue batch"}:::gate p00 --> jn p10 --> jn jn --> s1 out[/"drive folder of generated images"/]:::out pay{{"batch image generation without babysitting"}}:::pay s2 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
An outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Image & Media ProcessingSpreadsheet & Database OpsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google SheetsGoogle Drive

The problem it solves

Generating images one by one means copying each prompt into a tool, waiting for the result, saving it, and then going back to update your tracking sheet. Doing that for a long list of prompts takes a whole afternoon.

Who it fits

Content and creative teams who need to generate many AI images from a batch of prompts.

How it works

  1. You trigger the automation manually to start a batch run
  2. It reads each prompt from a row in Google Sheets
  3. It skips rows that already have a finished image
  4. It sends the prompt to the image generation service and waits for the result
  5. The finished image is uploaded to Google Drive and the sheet is updated with the link
What you get

Batches of AI images ready for a quick check

You get AI images generated for every prompt in your sheet and saved automatically to Drive.

What you get

A Google Drive folder full of generated images, each linked back to its row in Google Sheets.

What you need

A Google Workspace account and an image generation API subscription.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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