ValiTools

ValiTools

A collection of ComfyUI custom nodes. More tools will be added over time.

Nodes

VSmartPrompt

A Dynamic Prompts node with a rich-text (syntax-highlighted) prompt editor.

• Combinations: {a|b} with optional N:: weights, nested at will, per-level coloring
• Wildcards: __file__ pulls a random line from a .txt in wildcard_directory (subfolders supported); typing __ opens an autocomplete dropdown of the existing wildcard files; CTRL+Click opens or creates the file in a built-in editor (works on remote installs too)
• Variables: {a|b}==<name>, __file__==<name> or word==<name> store the resolved value - rolled ONCE, constant everywhere you reuse <name>; assignments inside combination branches only fire for the selected branch; typing < opens an autocomplete dropdown of all assigned variables. Silent variant ==!<name> stores the value but outputs nothing at the definition site - only the <name> references emit it (references work even before the assignment)
• Comments: # to end of line, inline #comment#, ##/### headline styles
• Find & replace + undo/redo: hovering or focusing the editor shows a small toolbar (undo / redo / find). CTRL+F opens find, CTRL+H jumps straight to the replace field; ENTER / SHIFT+ENTER step through matches, Aa toggles case sensitivity, ⧉ restricts find & replace to the selected text (a multi-line selection sets this automatically), ESC closes. The ⎘ button copies the whole prompt as plain text. Undo/redo works via the buttons or CTRL+Z / CTRL+SHIFT+Z / CTRL+Y (typing bursts collapse into one step)
• Post-run feedback: the branches actually selected during execution are marked in the editor; resolved wildcards show their pulled line on hover; variables (assignments, references and switcher conditions) show their rolled value on hover
• String inputs: four optional input sockets in1-in4; connected text is available in the prompt as <in1>-<in4> (inserted as-is, not re-resolved) - chain VSmartPrompt nodes by wiring one's output into another's socket
• Variable hand-over: wire a node's variables output into the next node's vars_in input and every <name> it assigned works there too - references, switcher conditions and all. Inherited variables travel on down the chain; a local assignment to the same name wins
• Switcher: glue <name>==value:: directly in front of a {...} block or __wildcard__ to gate it on a variable's value (case-insensitive) - match resolves normally, mismatch outputs nothing. <name>!=value:: is the NOT form (fires for every other value). Tag the state with silent branch assignments ({... cake==!<act>|... glass==!<act>}), then later <act>==cake::{...} / <act>!=cake::{...}. Works with in1-in4 too; assign the tag before the switch
• Outputs: prompt (resolved), original_prompt, variables (for vars_in of another VSmartPrompt)

Example - every feature at a glance

## EXAMPLE - every feature in one prompt

a {photo|{oil|water} painting} of a {0.7::cute|scary} __animal__==<pet>
# {a|b} picks one option (nesting ok), '0.7::' sets its chance to 70%
# __animal__ pulls a random line from animal.txt, '==<pet>' remembers the result

the <pet> naps in a (cozy:1.2) {garden|kitchen}. {day|night}==!<time> #the same <pet> again!#
# '<pet>' outputs the SAME value everywhere. '==!<time>' remembers silently (outputs nothing)

<time>==day::{sunlight warms the <pet>|birds sing}
<time>!=day::{the <pet> sleeps in the dark}
# switcher: a gated block only appears when its condition matches the remembered value

With the picks shown above (white marks), the output is:

a photo of a cute fox the fox naps in a (cozy:1.2) kitchen. the fox sleeps in the dark

Colors: green/blue = combination options per nesting level, gold = wildcards, violet = variables, orange = switcher conditions, green italics = comments, white marks = what the last run actually picked.

Based on ComfyUI-RichText_BasicDynamicPrompts (heavily modified fork).

VFileRandom

Loads a random image from a folder — like a shuffled deck: no image repeats until every image in the folder has been drawn once, then the deck reshuffles.

• The cycle is remembered per folder in vfile_random_state.json (survives ComfyUI restarts)
• Images added mid-cycle join the current cycle; deleted ones are dropped
• include_subfolders scans recursively; reset_cycle starts a fresh shuffled cycle
• Keep seed on randomize — it only triggers a new draw each queue; fix it to pause drawing
• Outputs: image, mask (from alpha), filename (relative to folder), remaining_in_cycle, filename_noext
• After each run the node displays the cycle progress (e.g. 45 / 235) so you can see when the deck reshuffles

VRandomSelector

Passes one of its connected inputs through at random. Accepts any input type — all inputs must share one type; the first connection locks it.

• Variable input count: a new empty slot appears as you connect (up to 30)
• Lazy evaluation: only the selected input's upstream branch executes — unselected branches stay cold
• from_input / to_input restrict the pick to a slot range (0 = no limit)
• Keep seed on randomize — same seed + same connections = same pick
• Outputs: selected (typed like the inputs), selected_index (1-based)

Changelog

• v1.12.1
  • VSmartPrompt: copying is guaranteed plain text - the handler no longer falls through to the browser's default (which would copy the highlighting HTML) when the selection cannot be mapped, and it explicitly clears the rich-text flavour. New ⎘ toolbar button copies the entire prompt as plain text
• v1.12.0
  • VSmartPrompt: typing __ opens a dropdown of the existing wildcard files, just like < does for variables - filters as you type (substring match, prefix matches first), UP/DOWN + ENTER/TAB or click inserts __name__. Only offered while a __ is actually open, so a finished __wildcard__ no longer triggers it
• v1.11.0
  • VSmartPrompt: variables can be handed from node to node - new variables output and vars_in input. Everything a prompt assigned (including what it inherited itself) is available in the next node as a normal <name>, works with switcher conditions, and a local assignment to the same name still wins. The in1-in4 socket names are deliberately not passed on. Changed inherited values re-roll the downstream picks even with a fixed seed
• v1.10.0
  • VSmartPrompt: CTRL+Click on a wildcard now opens its .txt in a built-in editor overlay (load, edit, save) instead of handing the path to the operating system's file handler. This removes the last system call from the package - the old behaviour never worked on remote ComfyUI installs and got the package flagged by the registry's security scan
  • Packaging: registry metadata completed ([project.urls] table, requires-python, classifiers, empty Icon removed), .comfyignore added, build artifacts (node.zip, .codex, .tracking) removed from git, and a GitHub Action publishes automatically when pyproject.toml changes
• v1.9.3
  • VSmartPrompt: find & replace can be restricted to the selected text - selecting several lines and pressing CTRL+F scopes it automatically, the ⧉ button toggles it, and the scoped region is tinted in the editor
• v1.9.2
  • VSmartPrompt: fixed undo/redo staying greyed out - ComfyUI's widget setter fires callback() on every assignment, so the node's own edits looked like external changes and reset the history on each keystroke. Own writes are now recognised; typed words group into one undo step, everything else (paste, cut, Enter, Tab, autocomplete, weighting, find & replace, external changes) is its own step, 500 steps deep
• v1.9.1
  • VSmartPrompt: the editor toolbar is easier to reach - it shows while the mouse is anywhere over the editor area, stays visible while the cursor travels to it, and dims to 55% opacity until hovered
• v1.9.0
  • VSmartPrompt: find & replace in the editor (CTRL+F / CTRL+H, plain text, case toggle, match counter, replace / replace all) and a real undo/redo history with toolbar buttons and CTRL+Z / CTRL+SHIFT+Z / CTRL+Y - the browser's own undo was dead because every edit rewrites the highlighted markup. Matches are painted with the CSS Custom Highlight API, so the syntax highlighting stays untouched
• v1.8.1
  • VSmartPrompt: hovering a variable after a run shows its rolled value - works on assignments (==<name>), references (<name>) and switcher conditions; resolved variables get a subtle violet underline like resolved wildcards
• v1.8.0
  • VFileRandom: cycle progress counter shown on the node after each run (45 / 235 = 45th image drawn of a 235-image cycle)
• v1.7.2
  • VSmartPrompt: comments are now stripped BEFORE resolution - text inside comments can no longer trigger variable assignments, switcher guards, wildcard pulls or combination rolls (previously a comment like '==<pet>' remembers silently overwrote the variable)
  • README: visual all-features example with editor coloring
• v1.7.1
  • VSmartPrompt: copying/cutting from the editor now puts plain text on the clipboard - previously the syntax-highlighting HTML came along and markdown-aware paste targets rendered the bold styling as **...**
• v1.7.0
  • VSmartPrompt: switcher NOT guards - <name>!=value:: fires for every value except the given one; never-assigned variables remove the construct like with ==
• v1.6.4
  • VSmartPrompt: the white mark for a chosen zero-length branch ({text|}) now actually renders - it marks the | delimiter (the mark's HTML previously misnested across the branch split and was dropped by the browser)
• v1.6.3
  • VSmartPrompt: guard against the prompt editor collapsing to a narrow strip - editor asserts full node width (100% + border-box), node keeps a 360px minimum width, re-checked on resize and workflow load
• v1.6.2
  • VSmartPrompt: selection marks survive on branches whose stored value differs from the branch text (e.g. {large chest chest==!<part>|stomach}==<part>); silent ==!<name> blocks now also white-mark their chosen branch
• v1.6.1
  • VSmartPrompt: in1-in4 are lazy - an upstream node chain only executes when its <inN> actually appears in the prompt text; nodes skipped this way get their stale white selection marks cleared after the run (cached nodes keep theirs)
• v1.6.0
  • VSmartPrompt: switcher guards - <name>==value:: glued before a {...} block or __wildcard__ gates it on a variable's value; false or never-assigned guards remove the construct (and skip its assignments); guards render orange in the editor (red when the variable is unassigned)
• v1.5.1
  • VSmartPrompt: fixed a serious RNG bias - the resolver reseeded the random generator with the same seed on every resolution pass, replaying the identical draw stream and locking picks of different passes together (worst case: a nested wildcard's line pick was 100% correlated with its parent's - half of the combinations could never occur). One RNG stream per run now; note: the same seed produces a different (unbiased) result than in older versions
• v1.5.0
  • VSmartPrompt: connected in1-in4 texts are mixed into the effective seed - when an upstream node re-rolls, this node's combination/wildcard picks re-roll too, even with a fixed seed. Same seed + same prompt + same input texts stays fully reproducible
• v1.4.3
  • VSmartPrompt: post-run selection marking now survives variable substitution - a chosen branch consisting of references (e.g. {0.4::<in1>|<in2>}) marks the <name> chars in the editor
• v1.4.2
  • VSmartPrompt: post-run selection marking now also shows picks of empty / whitespace-only branches - the branch's spaces are marked, or for zero-length branches the preceding | delimiter
• v1.4.1
  • VSmartPrompt: fixed CTRL+Left/Right word jump (and CTRL+SHIFT word selection) inside the editor - was swallowed by the global CTRL+arrow listener
• v1.4.0
  • VSmartPrompt: four optional string input sockets in1-in4, referenced in the prompt as <in1>-<in4> for chaining VSmartPrompt nodes; connected sockets show in the autocomplete dropdown and validate the references violet
• v1.3.0
  • VSmartPrompt: silent variable assignment ==!<name> - assigns without emitting the value at the definition site; works on all three forms ({a|b}==!<name>, __file__==!<name>, word==!<name>); silent assignments render dimmed/italic in the editor
• v1.2.1
  • VFileRandom: new filename_noext output (filename without extension)
• v1.2.0
  • New node: VRandomSelector — random passthrough of one of N connected same-type inputs, lazy-evaluated, with optional slot-range restriction
• v1.1.0
  • New node: VFileRandom — random image loader with no-repeat shuffle-bag cycling
• v1.0.0
  • Initial release: VSmartPrompt (renamed from the SILVER_BasicDynamicPrompts fork v4.1.0, new node identifier and /valitools/ API routes so it can coexist with the original)