⚡ Gigachad Prompt File Reader

Gigachad Prompt File Reader is the pack's batch-workflow node: instead of typing a prompt into the graph, you point it at a .txt file on disk and it feeds one prompt at a time into your pipeline. Combined with its auto_queue toggle, it turns a single-click workflow into a "press queue once, walk away, get N images" machine. If you've ever run the same workflow across a prompt library by hand-editing text and clicking queue forty times, this is aimed straight at you.

How it works

The node reads prompts separated by blank lines from either a single .txt file (single_file mode) or every .txt file in a folder, in order (batch_folder mode). It keeps per-node state keyed by the node's ID, so your position in the list survives between runs and even across saves.

Each execution it hands back:

• prompt (STRING) - the current prompt, ready to wire into a prompt-encoding node
• index (INT) - which prompt you're on (0-based)
• total (INT) - how many prompts are loaded
• filename (STRING) - which file it came from (handy in folder mode)
• remaining (INT) - how many are left

The five outputs make it trivial to drive other nodes: save filenames with your images, skip ahead, or stop at a target count.

The settings that matter

• mode - single_file or batch_folder. Folder mode is the one for prompt libraries organized as one prompt per file.
• index_mode - sequential (step through one per run), random (grab one at random each run), or fixed (always the prompt at fixed_index). Random is great for variety runs on a dataset you want to sample from.
• loop - when sequential hits the end, wrap back to 0 (default on).
• reload_each_run - re-read the file every execution so edits are picked up without restarting ComfyUI. Leave it off for speed; turn it on when you're actively editing.
• auto_queue - the big one. Re-queues after each run so it steps through the whole list without you touching the Queue button. Stops at the last prompt unless loop is on.

Two real-world gotchas

Paths get quote-stripped automatically (the code scrubs stray " and ' you might paste from Explorer), but a fully empty path raises an error telling you to set it. And remember it's blank-line separated - a file where every prompt is on consecutive lines with no blank separators will read as one giant prompt, which is the single most common "why is this broken" report. Use a blank line between prompts.

Install

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/Winnougan/comfyui-gigachad.git

or search comfyui-gigachad in ComfyUI Manager and restart. No extra dependencies.

Verdict: for anyone running prompt sweeps, seed testing, or a personal prompt library, this is the most practically useful node in the whole pack - a genuine time-saver that works exactly as advertised. The only thing it doesn't do is randomize seeds for you; wire a seed node to a random source if that's part of your sweep.