diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/__init__.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/__init__.py
index f8fdf4d4a3b..19e61cb0c98 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ from langchain_core.messages.base import (
     messages_to_dict,
 )
 from langchain_core.messages.chat import ChatMessage, ChatMessageChunk
+from langchain_core.messages.content_blocks import (
+    DataContentBlock,
+    is_data_content_block,
+)
 from langchain_core.messages.function import FunctionMessage, FunctionMessageChunk
 from langchain_core.messages.human import HumanMessage, HumanMessageChunk
 from langchain_core.messages.modifier import RemoveMessage
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "BaseMessageChunk",
     "ChatMessage",
     "ChatMessageChunk",
+    "DataContentBlock",
     "FunctionMessage",
     "FunctionMessageChunk",
     "HumanMessage",
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "_message_from_dict",
     "convert_to_messages",
     "get_buffer_string",
+    "is_data_content_block",
     "merge_content",
     "message_chunk_to_message",
     "message_to_dict",
diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/content_blocks.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/content_blocks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..638a4b7e0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/content_blocks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""Types for content blocks."""
+
+from typing import Literal
+
+from typing_extensions import Required, TypedDict
+
+
+class DataContentBlock(TypedDict, total=False):
+    """Data content block."""
+
+    type: Required[Literal["image", "audio", "file"]]
+    """Type of the content block."""
+    source_type: Required[Literal["url", "base64", "id", "text"]]
+    """Source type."""
+    source: Required[str]
+    """Data as a URL or data-URI, identifier, or plain-text."""
+    mime_type: str
+    """MIME type of the content block (if block represents base64 data.)"""
+    metadata: dict
+    """Provider-specific metadata such as citations or filenames."""
+
+
+def is_data_content_block(
+    content_block: dict,
+) -> bool:
+    """Check if the content block is a data content block.
+
+    Args:
+        content_block: The content block to check.
+
+    Returns:
+        True if the content block is a data content block, False otherwise.
+    """
+    required_keys = DataContentBlock.__required_keys__
+    return all(required_key in content_block for required_key in required_keys)