diff --git a/specs/009-vlm-image-input/tasks.md b/specs/009-vlm-image-input/tasks.md
index a7f5ea0..6d2286c 100644
--- a/specs/009-vlm-image-input/tasks.md
+++ b/specs/009-vlm-image-input/tasks.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ handling lives only in the `comfy`-guarded `ollama.py`.
 
 **Purpose**: the image carrier every path depends on. **⚠️ No user story work can begin until this is complete.**
 
-- [ ] T002-T Write FAILING test: `Message.images` defaults to `None`, round-trips a base64 list, and a text-only message's transport dump **omits** the `images` key (byte-identical to today), in `tests/test_llm_provider.py` (contract T1)
-- [ ] T002-I Add `images: list[str] | None = None` to `Message` in `src/comfydv/_llm/provider.py` — makes T002-T pass
+- [x] T002-T Write FAILING test: `Message.images` defaults to `None`, round-trips a base64 list, and a text-only message's transport dump **omits** the `images` key (byte-identical to today), in `tests/test_llm_provider.py` (contract T1)
+- [x] T002-I Add `images: list[str] | None = None` to `Message` in `src/comfydv/_llm/provider.py` — makes T002-T pass
 
 **Checkpoint**: carrier ready — user stories can begin.
 
diff --git a/src/comfydv/_llm/provider.py b/src/comfydv/_llm/provider.py
index 353e594..25f65e5 100644
--- a/src/comfydv/_llm/provider.py
+++ b/src/comfydv/_llm/provider.py
@@ -39,10 +39,21 @@ class ModelInfo(BaseModel):
 
 
 class Message(BaseModel):
-    """One turn in a chat request."""
+    """One turn in a chat request.
+
+    ``images`` carries optional base64-encoded image payloads (no ``data:``
+    prefix) associated with this turn, for vision-capable models. ``None``
+    (the default) means a text-only turn that serializes byte-for-byte as
+    before — providers dump with ``exclude_none=True`` so no ``images`` key
+    reaches the wire for image-less turns. Each provider translates this
+    neutral carrier into its own native shape (ADR-008): Ollama's flat
+    per-message ``images`` array, llama.cpp's OpenAI ``image_url`` content
+    parts, and pydantic-ai ``BinaryContent`` on the structured path.
+    """
 
     role: Literal["system", "user", "assistant"]
     content: str
+    images: list[str] | None = None
 
 
 class LLMProvider(Protocol):