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Problem

Agent tool calls on comfy-cli spend most of their bytes on lists nobody reads, and some refuse or stay silent where a repair is possible. These cases come from real agent sessions and an agent efficiency bench:

  • validate put every installed filename into each unknown_enum_value error, twice (suggestions and valid_options). A graph with 11 errors over 377 files came to about 340K tokens. In the bench, eff-enum-fix validate was about 25KB per call, 96% of the scenario's tool bytes.
  • nodes show LoraLoader returned about 31KB of LoRA filenames on every call.
  • workflow print refused a whole graph because of one bad link row.
  • validate said a graph was valid when a link row pointed at an input slot the node does not have. The UI→API lowering drops that row. A SAM3 workflow (357 nodes) had 3 such rows inside subgraph 70: 0 errors were reported and the prompts sat empty.
  • connect refused every interior address, so the agent could not re-wire those rows. It typed the prompt text in by hand.
  • --select had no row filter. The model tried slots.#(node_type=="X")# four times, then pulled 1,000-value columns (about 46K tokens) and lined them up by index.

Changes

  • Enum findings are bounded. An enum finding (validate, set-widget, edit batches) now carries suggestions (the closest options, at most 5), option_count and options_omitted. valid_options is included only when the list has 12 or fewer options, or when you pass validate --full-options. The hint names the --select that filters the full list.
  • Long combo lists are cut. nodes show and nodes search --expand-top cut choices longer than 20 to the first 20, and add choices_total, choices_truncated and choices_note. --all-choices lists everything. --select still projects the full schema.
  • --select supports row queries (gjson syntax): #(cond)# returns all matching elements and #(cond) returns the first. Supported operators are ==, !=, <, <=, >, >=, % (glob) and !%. A language-neutral corpus in tests/data/selector_conformance.json pins the semantics so other implementations can replay it.
  • Print renders broken links. A missing endpoint, an output or input slot out of range, or a non-integer slot now renders as None, the line is marked BROKEN, and the warning names the connect that repairs it. A stale row whose value already reaches the node through another link is reported as a leftover. Legacy group nodes, duplicate ids and cycles are still refused. This includes fix(workflow print): report a stale input-slot link instead of refusing the whole print #950's commits; that PR can be closed in favor of this one.
  • Validate reports broken link rows of a canvas workflow. It emits link_slot_out_of_range or link_source_missing, addressed like the edit surface (70/2011). Each finding carries the exact fix, for example connect 70/2071.0 70/2011.text. A stale row is an error only when an input that could take its value is empty; otherwise it is a warning.
  • Connect works between two nodes inside one subgraph. It emits connect with the instance path, the op shape comfy-multi-player's applyInteriorConnect already applies. The write target is ("input", path, to_node, to_slot). Crossing the boundary is still refused, and so is a definition shared by several instances, matching rejectSharedInteriorDefinition.

Tests (red on main, green here)

  • tests/comfy_cli/test_agent_output_bounds.py: validate with 11 bad names over 377 files stays under about 1KB per error; --full-options restores the full list; nodes show caps choices; --all-choices and --select row filtering work; --expand-top caps.
  • tests/comfy_cli/test_selector_conformance.py: 38 cases, 26 red on main.
  • tests/comfy_cli/command/test_connect_interior.py: interior wire, replace the incumbent link, type mismatch, boundary refusal, shared definition refused, op replays to the same document, print before and after the re-wire.
  • tests/comfy_cli/command/test_validate_broken_links.py: missing input slot or output slot is an error carrying the connect; interior addressing; a re-wired leftover is clean; an inert row is only a warning.
  • Print: test_out_of_range_output_slot_renders_marked_instead_of_refusing, test_dangling_link_renders_marked_instead_of_refusing, test_out_of_range_output_slot_inside_a_definition_is_marked_and_qualified, test_non_integer_link_slot_renders_marked_not_raised.
  • Full suite: 8428 passed. 2 failures also fail on origin/main locally and are environment-dependent: test_node_deps::test_non_pep440_installed_version_is_unknown_not_a_crash and test_http::test_an_unloadable_supplement_falls_through_to_the_platform_roots.

Bench (N=5)

scenario pass rounds med tool-result KB med prompt tok med cache write med cost $ med (total)
eff-subgraph-broken-links 0/5 → 5/5 16 → 5 74.0 → 59.8 1356.1k → 334.7k 139.5k → 33.0k 2.69 (12.36) → 0.36 (1.79)
eff-interior-read 5/5 → 5/5 8 → 2 35.1 → 57.4 453.1k → 125.1k 24.5k → 30.6k 0.44 (2.39) → 0.24 (1.21)
eff-enum-fix 5/5 → 5/5 4 → 4 51.4 → 5.0 278.5k → 196.2k 31.1k → 3.1k 0.34 (1.69) → 0.14 (0.69)
eff-lora-stack 5/5 → 5/5 5 → 4 33.4 → 2.3 293.1k → 194.4k 19.9k → 2.4k 0.30 (1.26) → 0.14 (0.73)
eff-oob-edit 5/5 → 5/5 4 → 5 4.7 → 12.5 193.7k → 251.6k 2.8k → 7.1k 0.12 (0.63) → 0.18 (0.85)
eff-subgraph-empty-prompt 5/5 → 5/5 3 → 3 49.9 → 50.1 194.0k → 195.5k 27.5k → 27.7k 0.28 (1.38) → 0.28 (1.39)
eff-read-widget 5/5 → 5/5 4 → 4 21.1 → 48.5 200.8k → 205.9k 11.6k → 26.2k 0.18 (0.89) → 0.24 (1.21)
eff-build-t2i 5/5 → 5/5 7 → 8 6.0 → 6.2 342.2k → 404.2k 5.3k → 6.1k 0.24 (1.21) → 0.33 (1.30)
eff-edit-params 5/5 → 5/5 3 → 3 1.7 → 2.9 142.4k → 144.6k 1.2k → 2.1k 0.09 (0.44) → 0.09 (0.47)
eff-insert-node 5/5 → 5/5 5 → 4 5.9 → 2.3 242.0k → 192.8k 3.9k → 1.8k 0.16 (0.72) → 0.12 (0.59)
eff-remove-stage 5/5 → 5/5 5 → 5 2.8 → 2.9 239.8k → 242.0k 1.8k → 1.9k 0.14 (0.68) → 0.14 (0.64)

Windows standalone agent (deep-comfy). Before: comfy-cli 1.20.0. After: this branch installed in a dedicated venv; ComfyUI was not touched.

scenario (standalone, Windows) pass rounds med tool-result KB med prompt tok med cache write med cost $ med (total)
eff-subgraph-broken-links 3/5 → 5/5 20 → 4 85.5 → 59.5 1550.3k → 287.6k 126.7k → 33.3k 2.14 (11.12) → 0.37 (1.92)
eff-interior-read 5/5 → 5/5 8 → 2 32.1 → 57.4 438.8k → 126.3k 18.4k → 30.6k 0.42 (2.19) → 0.24 (1.22)
eff-enum-fix 5/5 → 5/5 4 → 4 5.6 → 4.2 193.7k → 197.0k 3.1k → 2.5k 0.13 (0.68) → 0.13 (0.65)
eff-oob-edit 5/5 → 5/5 4 → 3 3.5 → 10.5 190.0k → 154.7k 2.0k → 5.8k 0.11 (0.54) → 0.12 (0.56)
eff-subgraph-empty-prompt 5/5 → 5/5 4 → 3 50.0 → 50.1 266.7k → 197.2k 27.5k → 26.7k 0.28 (1.54) → 0.27 (1.54)
eff-read-widget 5/5 → 5/5 2 → 3 48.4 → 48.5 118.9k → 169.8k 26.0k → 26.2k 0.21 (0.97) → 0.24 (1.17)
eff-build-t2i 5/5 → 5/5 5 → 5 2.9 → 3.1 237.0k → 247.8k 3.0k → 3.1k 0.16 (0.89) → 0.18 (0.98)
eff-edit-params 5/5 → 5/5 3 → 3 2.5 → 2.9 142.0k → 146.3k 1.8k → 2.1k 0.09 (0.45) → 0.10 (0.48)
eff-insert-node 5/5 → 5/5 5 → 5 4.6 → 3.9 239.1k → 245.5k 2.7k → 2.4k 0.15 (0.75) → 0.16 (0.77)
eff-remove-stage 5/5 → 5/5 5 → 4 3.6 → 3.4 238.4k → 196.2k 2.2k → 2.2k 0.15 (0.75) → 0.13 (0.67)

Notes:

  • Before is comfy-cli 1.20.0. After is this branch. Some of the before→after difference is main moving from 1.20.0, not just this change.
  • eff-subgraph-broken-links reproduces the SAM3 case above. Before: 13–21 rounds, the prompts typed in by hand, $12.36 for 5 runs. After: the agent re-wires with connect 70/2071.0 70/2011.text in 5 rounds.
  • eff-oob-edit got more expensive ($0.12 → $0.18 median). print_workflow used to refuse this graph, so the model fell back to ls_nodes. Now print renders it (~10KB with BROKEN markers) and the model sometimes adds a second list_slots. The pass rate is unchanged.
  • eff-read-widget, eff-build-t2i: the tools these use are unchanged. read-widget's median moved because 3 of 5 runs chose the 48KB print over list_slots; the baseline p90 was already 48.4KB.
  • print_workflow on the 300+-node graphs (~48–58KB per call) is now the largest remaining cost and is not addressed here.

Downstream consumers pick these CLI changes up when their comfy-cli pin is bumped.

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This change adds row-query support to --select, limits long enum and node-choice listings by default, and adds workflow link diagnostics and rendering for broken links. It also enables connections between nodes in the same subgraph instance.

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Selector row queries

Layer / File(s) Summary
Row-query parsing and evaluation
comfy_cli/selector.py, tests/comfy_cli/test_selector_conformance.py, tests/comfy_cli/test_selector.py, tests/data/selector_conformance.json
--select supports first-match and all-match row queries. The conformance corpus covers paths, filters, comparisons, malformed expressions, and unmatched expressions.

Bounded option output

Layer / File(s) Summary
Enum listing limits and validation controls
comfy_cli/cql/engine.py, comfy_cli/command/workflow.py, tests/comfy_cli/cql/test_engine.py, tests/comfy_cli/test_agent_output_bounds.py
Enum findings cap suggestions and include option counts. Validation provides --full-options to request complete option listings.
Node choice caps and full-list options
comfy_cli/command/nodes.py, tests/comfy_cli/test_agent_output_bounds.py
Node show and expanded search cap long choice lists and report totals. --all-choices requests complete lists. Selected projections remain uncapped.

Workflow link updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Broken-link validation and printing
comfy_cli/link_integrity.py, comfy_cli/command/workflow.py, comfy_cli/workflow_print.py, comfy_cli/error_codes.py, tests/comfy_cli/command/test_validate_broken_links.py, tests/comfy_cli/command/test_workflow_print_cmd.py, tests/comfy_cli/test_workflow_print.py
Validation reports broken-link errors and warnings. Printing renders affected inputs as None with a BROKEN annotation and reports or ignores stale links.
Connections within subgraph instances
comfy_cli/workflow_ops.py, tests/comfy_cli/command/test_connect_interior.py
Connect operations support compatible links between interior nodes in one subgraph instance. Operations carry the instance path and can replace an existing destination link.

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🟡 Minor · Preserve a miss when every projected field is absent. · selector.py:264

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Preserve a miss when every projected field is absent.

If #(cond)# matches elements but every remaining-path lookup fails, out stays empty and this line reports a successful empty result. That conflicts with the documented mapping behavior and suppresses the select_no_match fallback. Keep a miss a miss: return ([], True) only when kept is empty or at least one projection matched.

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Update the projection result handling in the selector so an empty output is a
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…e projection misses every kept row is a miss

CodeRabbit on #960: a node or input name with a quote broke the selector in
the enum and choices hints, and shell syntax in a name could run when the
command is copied. The field is now a JSON string literal and both arguments
are shell-quoted. `rows.#(cond)#.missing` returned [] as a match and skipped
the select_no_match fallback; it now misses like `#` does.

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… guarantee to links with a target

Port.validate_catalog copied options_omitted but not the suggestions it is
counted against, so a value close to nothing reported an omitted count with
no options named. The workflow_print_unsupported description now says
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Reviewed. This is a solid pass at the tool-output-bloat problem, and the CI/lint/format checks are all clean. Two real bugs found via direct reproduction, both worth fixing before this lands first in the 960→965→966→967 sequence (966/967 build on this file):

1. workflow_ops.py::_definition_instance_count undercounts nested shared subgraph definitions, letting connect bypass its own refusal guard. It scans each subgraph definition body once for occurrences of a given type, but never multiplies by how many times an ancestor definition is itself instantiated. Repro: top-level has 2 instances of subgraph O, and O's definition contains one node of inner subgraph type I. There are really 2 live instances of I, but _definition_instance_count(workflow, "I") returns 1 — so the instances > 1 refusal in _interior_link_scope never fires, and connect silently rewires the shared I definition inside both O instances at once. (Confirmed by tracing _apply_interior_connect — it writes directly into the one shared definition dict reachable from both instances.) Only the flat 2-instance case is tested today; the nested case isn't.

2. link_integrity.py::_scope_findings skips its own leftover-row dedup when the link's source is the subgraph boundary proxy. The fed_from(...) check that recognizes "this stale/duplicate row's value already reaches the target via another link, so it's harmless" only runs in the non-proxy branch. A duplicate row sourced from the proxy (-10) gets reported as a spurious link_slot_out_of_range finding even when its value already reaches the target through a sibling link from the same source+slot. Confirmed via direct A/B: identical topology, only src_is_proxy flipped — proxy case produces the spurious warning, real-node case stays silent.

Smaller: workflow_print.py::_broken_links's missing-source-node message doesn't route src_id through the qualify callable like every other id in the function, so inside a subgraph instance it prints an ambiguous bare node id instead of the qualified <instance>/<id> form.

(One candidate I ran down and want to rule out explicitly so it doesn't resurface: link_integrity.py's silent drop of a link row whose target node doesn't exist — this is intentional scoping, not a bug. workflow_to_api.py resolves every input strictly through the node's own inputs[].link field, never by scanning links[] for a target id, so such a row can never have fed a value in the first place; it's orphaned data, not a hidden silent-drop case like the PR's own motivating trace.)

…s; dedup proxy-sourced leftover rows

_definition_instance_count scanned each definition body once and visited a
definition twice (the index keys it by id and by name), so a definition
nested in a shared outer one counted wrong: two top-level O holding one I
is two live I. It now multiplies body occurrences by the enclosing
definition's count, once per definition, and treats a self-instantiating
definition as shared. connect's instances > 1 refusal therefore fires for a
nested shared definition and no longer refuses a nested single instance.

link_integrity's leftover-row dedup (fed_from) now runs for rows sourced
from the subgraph input proxy too, and workflow print qualifies a missing
interior source id.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@christian-byrne Thanks, both bugs reproduced. Fixed in 8486173:

1. _definition_instance_count with nested shared definitions. Confirmed, and there was a second error in the same function. It iterated _subgraph_defs_by_id(...).values(), and that index keys each definition by id and by its unique name. A definition body was therefore scanned twice. In your O/I repro that happened to turn 1 into 2, but it also made connect refuse a nested single instance it should wire. The count now walks each definition once and multiplies a body's occurrences by the enclosing definition's own count (memoised). A definition that instantiates itself, directly or through others, cannot be expanded, so it counts as shared and stays refused rather than hanging. Tests in test_connect_interior.py:

  • test_a_definition_shared_through_its_ancestor_is_refused: your repro, 2×O ⊃ I. The connect is refused and the file is unchanged.
  • test_a_nested_single_instance_definition_is_wired: 1×O ⊃ I connects with path == ["80","300"]. This one was red before the change.
  • test_instance_count_multiplies_through_ancestors: 3×O ⊃ I counts 3 (it counted 2 before).
  • test_instance_count_terminates_on_a_self_instantiating_definition

2. _scope_findings proxy-sourced leftover rows. Confirmed with the same A/B. The fed_from dedup now runs before the proxy/real-node split. test_link_integrity_proxy_dedup.py parametrizes the same topology over a real-node source and the -10 proxy; the proxy case was red before the change. test_a_proxy_row_that_reaches_nothing_is_still_reported checks that the dedup does not hide a proxy row that genuinely reaches nothing.

Smaller: _broken_links now routes the missing-source id through qualify. test_print_names_a_missing_interior_source_by_its_qualified_address asserts source node 70/99; it printed 99 before the change.

I agree with the ruled-out candidate. workflow_to_api resolves every input through the node's own inputs[].link, so a row whose target node is missing can never have fed a value. Dropping it is scoping, not a silent drop. (The workflow_print_unsupported description already says this case is ignored with a warning.)

The full suite passes (8657 passed). The one excluded test fails the same way without this change; it depends on the local macOS cert store. ruff check and format are clean.

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Re-reviewed after the fix. Both findings are properly generalized, not scenario patches:

  • Nested subgraph instance undercount: count() now recursively multiplies through ancestor instances, memoized, with cycle detection for self-instantiating definitions. Covered by test_instance_count_multiplies_through_ancestors and test_a_definition_shared_through_its_ancestor_is_refused.
  • Proxy-sourced leftover dedup: fed_from now runs before the proxy/non-proxy branch split. New test_link_integrity_proxy_dedup.py directly parametrizes real-node vs proxy source over identical topology.

CI is green across all platforms. Approving.

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