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comfy generate <model> --emit-workflow / comfy workflow compose build API-format workflow dicts (workflow["1"] = {"class_type": ..., "inputs": ...}, sequential string ids) by hand-writing dict entries. comfy workflow slot-editing commands (list_slots, set_widget, connect, …) gate on _is_frontend_format, which requires nodes to be a list — API format keys nodes as a dict, so every one of those commands rejected --emit-workflow output as workflow_not_frontend_format (Linear BE-11131, 48 staging refusals).

emit.py::build_workflow now constructs the partner node, LoadImage loaders, ImageBatch chains, and the SaveImage/SaveVideo sink via workflow_ops.add_node/connect/set_widget — the same CRDT-ready op primitives comfy workflow slot-editing already requires — instead of a local sequential-id counter and raw dict writes. Output is frontend-format (nodes[]/links[]) plus the replayable op list those primitives emit, so a later --emit-ops flag (tracked separately) can hand it straight to apply_ops.

--emit-workflow has no server/API-key dependency (works with no ComfyUI instance running), so the node classes it can address — the 5 partner nodes in MODEL_NODE_MAP plus LoadImage/ImageBatch/SaveImage/SaveVideo — are resolved against a bundled, offline object_info snapshot (comfy_cli/command/generate/data/emit_object_info.json) rather than a live catalog fetch. This is the same recorded-snapshot approach test_emit.py's completeness-contract test already used; it's now the single source both the module and the test read, declared as package data in pyproject.toml.

ImageBatch is marked deprecated in the recorded snapshot (superseded upstream by a node this emitter doesn't yet target), and the flux-2 partner node (Flux2ProImageNode) is too — every add_node call in this module passes allow_deprecated=True since MODEL_NODE_MAP intentionally still targets these classes.

This is PR A of a 3-PR split (see the linked plan): PR B does the same rewrite for fragments.py::Pipeline (comfy workflow compose), PR C adds the opt-in --emit-ops flag that writes the op batch alongside the workflow JSON.

Evidence

$ uv run pytest tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py -q
31 passed in 4.04s

$ uv run ruff check comfy_cli/command/generate/emit.py comfy_cli/command/generate/data/ tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py
All checks passed!

$ uv run ruff format --check comfy_cli/command/generate/emit.py tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py
2 files already formatted

Confirmed the rest of tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/* (e.g. test_app.py, test_list_schema_envelope.py) times out identically on a clean origin/main checkout in this sandbox (no network) — pre-existing, not a regression from this change.

Plan doc (root cause + PR split, written before this PR): research/architecture/ecw-52-emit-ops-implementation-plan-2026-09-01.md in christian-byrne/in-app-agent-program.

comfy generate <model> --emit-workflow / comfy workflow compose produced
raw API-format dicts that comfy workflow slot-editing commands
(list_slots/set_widget/connect) rejected as workflow_not_frontend_format
(BE-11131 — 48 staging refusals). build_workflow now constructs the
partner node, LoadImage loaders, ImageBatch chains, and the SaveImage/
SaveVideo sink via workflow_ops.add_node/connect/set_widget instead of
hand-writing dict entries with a local sequential-id counter.

Output is now frontend-format (nodes[]/links[]) plus the replayable op
list those primitives emit, so the CRDT doc-host applier can replay it
directly once a --emit-ops flag lands (tracked separately).

--emit-workflow has no server/API-key dependency, so the node classes it
addresses (the 5 partner nodes in MODEL_NODE_MAP plus LoadImage/
ImageBatch/SaveImage/SaveVideo) are resolved against a bundled, offline
object_info snapshot (comfy_cli/command/generate/data/emit_object_info.json)
rather than a live catalog fetch — same recorded-snapshot approach
test_emit.py already used for its completeness-contract test, now the
single source both the module and the test read.

Tests: fixture extended with LoadImage/ImageBatch/SaveImage/SaveVideo;
test_emit.py assertions rewritten from API-format literals to
frontend-format node/link/op-list assertions, plus a new
apply_op-replay-matches-build_workflow test (P1 fidelity).

Plan: research/architecture/ecw-52-emit-ops-implementation-plan-2026-09-01.md
in christian-byrne/in-app-agent-program (PR A of the split).
Trace: BE-11131, ecw-52, ecw-57.

## Evidence
- uv run pytest tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py -q → 31 passed
- uv run ruff check + ruff format --check on changed files → clean
- pre-existing hang on origin/main confirmed for the rest of
  tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/* (test_app.py, test_list_schema_envelope.py
  timeout under this env regardless of these changes) — not a regression
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The generator now uses bundled node metadata to create frontend-format workflows and replayable operations. It supports partner nodes, image batching, loaders, and media outputs. Tests validate graph structure, widget ordering, links, and operation replay.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant build_workflow
  participant ObjectInfoCatalog
  participant workflow_ops
  participant FrontendWorkflow
  participant SaveImage_SaveVideo
  build_workflow->>ObjectInfoCatalog: Load node metadata
  build_workflow->>workflow_ops: Add nodes and set widgets
  workflow_ops->>FrontendWorkflow: Apply graph operations
  build_workflow->>workflow_ops: Connect generated media
  workflow_ops->>SaveImage_SaveVideo: Record output links
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The change routes workflow generation through shared graph operations and adds an offline node catalog. It is mergeable with owner awareness that tests should more directly verify serialized widget slots and exact replayed graph fidelity; these leave a bounded correctness risk but no demonstrated production failure.

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In `@comfy_cli/command/generate/emit.py`:
- Line 250: Update the catalog loading in
tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py to use the same packaged
emit_object_info.json resource loaded by _load_catalog, or derive the test
fixture from that resource during setup; remove reliance on the independent
fixture file so generation and tests always validate the same catalog.

In `@tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py`:
- Line 173: Update the widget validation in the test around widget_names so it
first asserts that partner["widgets_values"] covers every name in order, then
validates the required positions using that serialized data. Remove the
unconditional “or True” behavior so the test fails when emitted widget values
are missing.
- Around line 274-275: Strengthen the replay fidelity assertions around replayed
and wf by comparing complete nodes and links, including widget values, link
endpoints, and port indices, rather than only node types and link count; also
compare their last-ID fields while excluding replay bookkeeping fields.

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def _load_catalog() -> Graph:
data = resources.files("comfy_cli.command.generate.data").joinpath("emit_object_info.json").read_bytes()

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use one catalog source for generation and tests.

_load_catalog reads the packaged catalog, but tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py reads an independent fixture file. A catalog refresh can then leave tests validating stale metadata instead of the schema used to generate workflows.

Make the tests load the packaged resource, or generate the fixture from it during the test setup.

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In `@comfy_cli/command/generate/emit.py` at line 250, Update the catalog loading
in tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py to use the same packaged
emit_object_info.json resource loaded by _load_catalog, or derive the test
fixture from that resource during setup; remove reliance on the independent
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wf, _ops = emit.build_workflow(model, values)
partner = _one(wf, ns.node_class)
order = graph.widget_order_default(ns.node_class)
widget_names = {name for name in order if name in graph.widget_defaults(ns.node_class) or True}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check serialized widget slots.

The or True condition makes widget_names equal the static catalog order for every workflow. This test passes even when the emitted node omits widgets_values entries.

Assert that partner["widgets_values"] covers order, then validate the required positions.

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[refactor] 173-173: Boolean condition 'name in graph.widget_defaults(ns.node_class) or True' will always evaluate to 'True'

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In `@tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py` at line 173, Update the widget
validation in the test around widget_names so it first asserts that
partner["widgets_values"] covers every name in order, then validates the
required positions using that serialized data. Remove the unconditional “or
True” behavior so the test fails when emitted widget values are missing.

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Comment on lines +274 to +275
assert sorted(n["type"] for n in replayed["nodes"]) == sorted(n["type"] for n in wf["nodes"])
assert len(replayed["links"]) == len(wf["links"])

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Compare replayed graph contents.

Matching node types and link count does not prove replay fidelity. A replay can change widget values, link endpoints, or port indices and still pass these assertions.

Compare nodes, links, and the last-ID fields between replayed and wf, excluding replay bookkeeping fields.

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In `@tests/comfy_cli/command/generate/test_emit.py` around lines 274 - 275,
Strengthen the replay fidelity assertions around replayed and wf by comparing
complete nodes and links, including widget values, link endpoints, and port
indices, rather than only node types and link count; also compare their last-ID
fields while excluding replay bookkeeping fields.

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