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Add a published component, a versioned workflow from the community or your own, as one node. Set its inputs and settings, and it runs as a black box.
The Component node adds a published component to your workflow: a versioned workflow, made by the community or by you, packed into one node. The component's inputs, settings and outputs appear in the settings panel. You configure and connect it like any other node, while its inner nodes stay hidden. The node shows an estimated credit cost before you run it.
When to use it
- You want a polished generation pipeline, such as a portrait reel, in several projects without rebuilding it.
- You want a community image or video pipeline in your workflow as a single step.
- You publish your own workflows as components and reuse them across projects.
- You build a larger pipeline from several components, which can themselves contain components.
Quick start
Open the Components window
Press Tab on the canvas and choose Automate › Workflows › Component. Instead of an empty node, the Components window opens.
Find a component
Browse the Browse, My Components and Favorites tabs, or search. Sort by Most Popular, Newest or Most Favorited, and filter by output type: All, Image, Video, Audio or Text. Each card shows how many times the component has run and its credits per run.
Place it
Click a component. It lands on the canvas already configured, with its inputs and outputs.
Connect the inputs and run
Connect the inputs, or type text inputs in the settings panel, and adjust the Settings. Click Run. The node shows a preview of its main result.
Inputs and outputs
A component's inputs and outputs are the ones its creator exposed, with the creator's names.
| Input or output | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inputs | Each input has a type, such as text, image, video or audio, and shows whether it is required. A connected input shows "Connected from upstream". An unconnected text input can be typed in the settings panel. Image, video and audio inputs need a connection. |
| Outputs | Each output has a name and a type: text, image, video, audio or JSON. The node previews one of them as its result. |
Upload nodes such as Upload Image connect to a component's image inputs, and its outputs connect onward, for example to Generate Video.
Settings
The settings panel shows the component's name and version, for example v3, followed by three sections:
| Section | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inputs | Every input with its connection status. Type into text inputs that are not connected. |
| Settings | The settings the creator made adjustable: text, number, choice, on/off or aspect ratio fields. The credit estimate updates as you change them. |
| Outputs | A read-only list of the outputs with their types. Check it before you connect the next nodes. |
Versions
Components are versioned. The node keeps the version it was added at, which the settings panel shows. It does not upgrade on its own when the creator publishes a new version. A workflow that works today keeps working the same way.
Credits
The cost of a component depends on the nodes inside it and on the settings you choose. The node and the settings panel show an estimated credit cost, and each card in the Components window shows the credits per run. See Credits.
Publish your own
Any workflow can become a component. Mark the nodes that should be its inputs and outputs, then publish the workflow and choose Component as the type. Your components appear under My Components. Read Components and sub-workflows and Apps for the publishing steps.
Tips
- Check the outputs first. Output names and types differ from one component to the next, so read the Outputs section before you connect the next node.
- Wire the media. Only text inputs can be typed in the panel. Connect a node to every image, video or audio input.
- Build your own library. Publish the pipelines you reuse most as components, and add them to any project from My Components.
- Keep it private to one workflow. When a pipeline is only for one workflow, a Sub-Workflow is enough.
Frequently asked questions
Related
Components and sub-workflows
Sub-Workflow
Apps (MiniApps)
Credits
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Sub-Workflow
Put a whole workflow inside another as one node with typed inputs and outputs. Create a new one in place or reuse an existing workflow, up to 5 levels deep.
Sub-Workflow Input
Define the inputs of a workflow that other workflows call as a Sub-Workflow. Each port has a name and a type, and pairs with a Sub-Workflow Output by route.