diff --git a/src/image.test.ts b/src/image.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0b3feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import { describe, expect, test, mock, beforeAll, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { imageFromFile, imageFromBase64, imageFromURL } from "./index.js";
+
+describe("Image helpers", () => {
+  describe("imageFromFile", () => {
+    test("reads PNG file and returns correct structure", () => {
+      // Create a temp PNG file (1x1 red pixel)
+      const pngData = Buffer.from(
+        "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8z8BQDwAEhQGAhKmMIQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==",
+        "base64"
+      );
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-image.png");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, pngData);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+
+        expect(result.type).toBe("image");
+        expect(result.source.type).toBe("base64");
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/png");
+        expect(typeof result.source.data).toBe("string");
+        expect(result.source.data.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+
+    test("detects JPEG from extension", () => {
+      const jpegData = Buffer.from("/9j/4AAQSkZJRg==", "base64");
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-image.jpg");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, jpegData);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/jpeg");
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+
+    test("detects GIF from extension", () => {
+      const gifData = Buffer.from("R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7", "base64");
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-image.gif");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, gifData);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/gif");
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+
+    test("detects WebP from extension", () => {
+      const webpData = Buffer.from("UklGRh4AAABXRUJQVlA4TBEAAAAvAAAAAAfQ//73v/+BiOh/AAA=", "base64");
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-image.webp");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, webpData);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/webp");
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+
+    test("defaults to JPEG for unknown extensions", () => {
+      const data = Buffer.from("test data");
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-image.unknown");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, data);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/jpeg");
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("imageFromBase64", () => {
+    test("wraps base64 data with default PNG type", () => {
+      const data = "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8z8BQDwAEhQGAhKmMIQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==";
+      
+      const result = imageFromBase64(data);
+
+      expect(result.type).toBe("image");
+      expect(result.source.type).toBe("base64");
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/png");
+      expect(result.source.data).toBe(data);
+    });
+
+    test("uses specified media type", () => {
+      const data = "somebase64data";
+      
+      const result = imageFromBase64(data, "image/jpeg");
+
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/jpeg");
+    });
+
+    test("accepts all valid media types", () => {
+      const types = ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif", "image/webp"] as const;
+      
+      for (const mediaType of types) {
+        const result = imageFromBase64("data", mediaType);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe(mediaType);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("imageFromFile edge cases", () => {
+    test("throws on missing file", () => {
+      expect(() => imageFromFile("/nonexistent/path/image.png")).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    test("handles .jpeg extension", () => {
+      const data = Buffer.from("/9j/4AAQSkZJRg==", "base64");
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-image.jpeg");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, data);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/jpeg");
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+
+    test("handles uppercase .PNG extension", () => {
+      const pngData = Buffer.from(
+        "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8z8BQDwAEhQGAhKmMIQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==",
+        "base64"
+      );
+      const tempPath = join(import.meta.dir, "test-IMAGE.PNG");
+      writeFileSync(tempPath, pngData);
+
+      try {
+        const result = imageFromFile(tempPath);
+        expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/png");
+      } finally {
+        unlinkSync(tempPath);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("imageFromURL", () => {
+    // Mock fetch for URL tests
+    const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+    
+    afterAll(() => {
+      globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    });
+
+    test("fetches image and converts to base64", async () => {
+      const mockImageData = Buffer.from("fake image data");
+      
+      globalThis.fetch = mock(async () => ({
+        arrayBuffer: async () => mockImageData.buffer,
+        headers: new Headers({ "content-type": "image/png" }),
+      })) as any;
+
+      const result = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/image.png");
+      
+      expect(result.type).toBe("image");
+      expect(result.source.type).toBe("base64");
+      expect(result.source.data).toBe(mockImageData.toString("base64"));
+    });
+
+    test("detects PNG from content-type header", async () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = mock(async () => ({
+        arrayBuffer: async () => new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        headers: new Headers({ "content-type": "image/png" }),
+      })) as any;
+
+      const result = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/file");
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/png");
+    });
+
+    test("detects JPEG from content-type header", async () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = mock(async () => ({
+        arrayBuffer: async () => new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        headers: new Headers({ "content-type": "image/jpeg" }),
+      })) as any;
+
+      const result = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/file");
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/jpeg");
+    });
+
+    test("detects GIF from URL extension when no content-type", async () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = mock(async () => ({
+        arrayBuffer: async () => new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        headers: new Headers(),
+      })) as any;
+
+      const result = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/animation.gif");
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/gif");
+    });
+
+    test("detects WebP from URL extension", async () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = mock(async () => ({
+        arrayBuffer: async () => new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        headers: new Headers(),
+      })) as any;
+
+      const result = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/photo.webp");
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/webp");
+    });
+
+    test("defaults to PNG when no type info available", async () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = mock(async () => ({
+        arrayBuffer: async () => new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        headers: new Headers(),
+      })) as any;
+
+      const result = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/unknown");
+      expect(result.source.media_type).toBe("image/png");
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2b76118..c72f0b1 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ export type {
   CanUseToolResponse,
   CanUseToolResponseAllow,
   CanUseToolResponseDeny,
+  // Multimodal content types
+  TextContent,
+  ImageContent,
+  MessageContentItem,
+  SendMessage,
 } from "./types.js";
 
 export { Session } from "./session.js";
@@ -169,3 +174,94 @@ export async function prompt(
     session.close();
   }
 }
+
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// IMAGE HELPERS
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import type { ImageContent } from "./types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Create image content from a file path.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * await session.send([
+ *   { type: "text", text: "What's in this image?" },
+ *   imageFromFile("./screenshot.png")
+ * ]);
+ * ```
+ */
+export function imageFromFile(filePath: string): ImageContent {
+  const data = readFileSync(filePath).toString("base64");
+  const ext = filePath.toLowerCase();
+  const media_type: ImageContent["source"]["media_type"] = 
+    ext.endsWith(".png") ? "image/png"
+    : ext.endsWith(".gif") ? "image/gif"
+    : ext.endsWith(".webp") ? "image/webp"
+    : "image/jpeg";
+  
+  return {
+    type: "image",
+    source: { type: "base64", media_type, data }
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create image content from base64 data.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * const base64 = fs.readFileSync("image.png").toString("base64");
+ * await session.send([
+ *   { type: "text", text: "Describe this" },
+ *   imageFromBase64(base64, "image/png")
+ * ]);
+ * ```
+ */
+export function imageFromBase64(
+  data: string,
+  media_type: ImageContent["source"]["media_type"] = "image/png"
+): ImageContent {
+  return {
+    type: "image",
+    source: { type: "base64", media_type, data }
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create image content from a URL.
+ * Fetches the image and converts to base64.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * const img = await imageFromURL("https://example.com/image.png");
+ * await session.send([
+ *   { type: "text", text: "What's this?" },
+ *   img
+ * ]);
+ * ```
+ */
+export async function imageFromURL(url: string): Promise<ImageContent> {
+  const response = await fetch(url);
+  const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+  const data = Buffer.from(buffer).toString("base64");
+  
+  // Detect media type from content-type header or URL
+  const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type");
+  let media_type: ImageContent["source"]["media_type"] = "image/png";
+  
+  if (contentType?.includes("jpeg") || contentType?.includes("jpg") || url.match(/\.jpe?g$/i)) {
+    media_type = "image/jpeg";
+  } else if (contentType?.includes("gif") || url.endsWith(".gif")) {
+    media_type = "image/gif";
+  } else if (contentType?.includes("webp") || url.endsWith(".webp")) {
+    media_type = "image/webp";
+  }
+  
+  return {
+    type: "image",
+    source: { type: "base64", media_type, data }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/session.ts b/src/session.ts
index 5aceb3f..5faf2ce 100644
--- a/src/session.ts
+++ b/src/session.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {
   CanUseToolResponse,
   CanUseToolResponseAllow,
   CanUseToolResponseDeny,
+  SendMessage,
 } from "./types.js";
 import { validateSessionOptions } from "./validation.js";
 
@@ -84,8 +85,21 @@ export class Session implements AsyncDisposable {
 
   /**
    * Send a message to the agent
+   * 
+   * @param message - Text string or multimodal content array
+   * 
+   * @example
+   * // Simple text
+   * await session.send("Hello!");
+   * 
+   * @example
+   * // With image
+   * await session.send([
+   *   { type: "text", text: "What's in this image?" },
+   *   { type: "image", source: { type: "base64", mediaType: "image/png", data: "..." } }
+   * ]);
    */
-  async send(message: string): Promise<void> {
+  async send(message: SendMessage): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.initialized) {
       await this.initialize();
     }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 897123c..1ce3141 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,40 @@ export type {
 // Import types for use in this file
 import type { CreateBlock, CanUseToolResponse } from "@letta-ai/letta-code/protocol";
 
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// MESSAGE CONTENT TYPES (for multimodal support)
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+/**
+ * Text content in a message
+ */
+export interface TextContent {
+  type: "text";
+  text: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Image content in a message (base64 encoded)
+ */
+export interface ImageContent {
+  type: "image";
+  source: {
+    type: "base64";
+    media_type: "image/png" | "image/jpeg" | "image/gif" | "image/webp";
+    data: string;
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * A single content item (text or image)
+ */
+export type MessageContentItem = TextContent | ImageContent;
+
+/**
+ * What send() accepts - either a simple string or multimodal content array
+ */
+export type SendMessage = string | MessageContentItem[];
+
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 // SYSTEM PROMPT TYPES
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════