Workflow at a Glance | Cloudinary Moderation

Access Moderation
Open Cloudinary Moderation from the Cloudinary Console.
Set up your rules
Start with pre-defined rules for common quality, brand, and compliance checks.

Add custom rules to reflect your specific brand guidelines.
Run moderation
Two types of moderation are supported:
1. One-time moderation
  Select existing assets from your Media Library, choose the applicable rules, and run moderation as a single evaluation on the selected content. This mode is intended for backfill scenarios or for testing rule configurations.
2. Ongoing moderation
  Define moderation rules once and apply them automatically on upload. New assets are evaluated immediately when they are uploaded. Moderation can also be run on existing assets to evaluate them against the same rules.
In both modes, assets are evaluated against the selected rules and surfaced for action based on the moderation outcome.
Review results and take action
Focus on assets marked for review, where human validation is needed. See which rules were triggered, inspect confidence levels, and override decisions when necessary. All actions are recorded to provide a full audit trail.
Use moderation outcomes downstream
Moderation results can be stored as asset metadata and accessed through the Cloudinary API or Console. Use this metadata to trigger workflows such as notifications, routing, or automated fixes using transformations.