diff --git a/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.test.ts b/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.test.ts
index 59f2f97..3e32d3f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.test.ts
@@ -911,6 +911,36 @@ describe("createMessagingInboundHandler channel routing", () => {
     expect(runJobs).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
+  it("appends inbound media links to group fan-out text and prompt", async () => {
+    const senderMember = {
+      id: "cm-1",
+      channelId: "ch-1",
+      address: "+15551111111",
+      identityId: "mi-1",
+      status: "approved",
+    };
+    const deps = createDeps({ members: [senderMember] });
+    const handle = createMessagingInboundHandler(deps);
+
+    await handle({
+      ...groupEvent,
+      content: "",
+      mediaUrl: "https://cdn.example.com/group-photo.jpg",
+    });
+
+    expect(deps.sendUserMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        prompt: `[Group "Family", Alice]: https://cdn.example.com/group-photo.jpg`,
+        blocks: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            kind: "channel_message",
+            text: "https://cdn.example.com/group-photo.jpg",
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("wakes matching routines only after a channel member is approved", async () => {
     const approved = {
       id: "cm-1",
diff --git a/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.ts b/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.ts
index 673b026..325b905 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/messaging-inbound.ts
@@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ async function handleChannelEvent(
   const approved = await deps.prisma.messagingChannelMember.findMany({
     where: { channelId: channel.id, status: "approved", identityId: { not: null } },
   });
+  // Same v1 media-as-text merge as DMs: group photos often arrive with an
+  // empty caption and only a CDN URL.
+  const text = [event.content, event.mediaUrl].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
+  if (!text) return;
   const block: MessageBlock = {
     kind: "channel_message",
     provider: event.provider,
@@ -588,10 +592,10 @@ async function handleChannelEvent(
     channelId: channel.id,
     fromAddress: event.from,
     fromLabel,
-    text: event.content,
+    text,
     hop: 0,
   };
-  const prompt = `[Group "${channel.name ?? "group"}", ${fromLabel}]: ${event.content}`;
+  const prompt = `[Group "${channel.name ?? "group"}", ${fromLabel}]: ${text}`;
   for (const member of approved) {
     const identity = await deps.prisma.messagingIdentity.findUnique({
       where: { id: member.identityId! },