mj_turbo_describe

Technical Specifications of mj-turbo-describe

What is mj-turbo-describe?

mj-turbo-describe is CometAPI’s platform identifier for Midjourney’s Describe-style image-to-text capability. Instead of generating an image from a text prompt, this model works in the reverse direction: it examines an uploaded image and proposes prompt language that captures visual elements, style cues, and creative framing. Midjourney officially describes Describe as a tool that analyzes an image and offers words and phrases that can be used as prompt inspiration.

In practical terms, this makes mj-turbo-describe useful for users who want to turn existing visuals into reusable prompting language. It can help extract stylistic vocabulary, identify compositional patterns, and accelerate experimentation when building prompts for downstream image generation. Midjourney also notes that the suggestions are inspirational rather than exact replicas of the source image, so the model is best understood as a creative prompt generator, not a strict captioning or forensic vision system.

Because repeated Describe runs may produce different prompt sets for the same image, mj-turbo-describe is also well suited to iterative ideation workflows where variation is valuable.

Main features of mj-turbo-describe

• Image-to-prompt conversion: Converts a source image into text prompt suggestions, making it easier to move from visual inspiration to generation-ready prompt text.
• Multiple prompt candidates: Returns four prompt suggestions per image, giving users several creative directions instead of a single rigid description.
• Prompt ideation support: Helps users discover words and phrases for style, mood, composition, and subject matter that they may not have written manually.
• Non-deterministic creative variation: Re-running Describe on the same image can produce a different set of prompt suggestions, which is useful for brainstorming and exploration.
• Reference-driven workflow: Supports workflows based on uploaded images or image links, aligning well with creators who start from sketches, photos, mood references, or prior generations.
• Fast reuse in generation pipelines: Midjourney’s Describe results are designed to be immediately reused as prompts, which maps cleanly to API-driven creative automation.
• Style discovery: Particularly useful for identifying visual language embedded in a reference image, including aesthetic cues that can seed future generations.

How to access and integrate mj-turbo-describe

Step 1: Sign Up for API Key

To get started, sign up on CometAPI and generate your API key from the dashboard. After that, store the key securely as an environment variable such as COMETAPI_API_KEY. This key will be used to authenticate every request you send to the mj-turbo-describe API.

Step 2: Send Requests to mj-turbo-describe API

Use CometAPI's Midjourney-compatible endpoint at POST /mj/submit/describe.

curl https://api.cometapi.com/mj/submit/describe \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COMETAPI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "a futuristic cityscape at sunset --v 6.1",
    "botType": "MID_JOURNEY",
    "accountFilter": {
      "modes": ["TURBO"]
    }
  }'

Step 3: Retrieve and Verify Results

The API returns a task object with a task ID. Poll GET /mj/task/{task_id}/fetch to check generation status and retrieve the output image URL when the task reaches a terminal state.