diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 7b208d0..444e4a3 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .nodes.audio_music2emo_node import *
 from .nodes.workflow_export_nodes import *
 from .nodes.model_nodes import *
 
-__version__ = "1.1.26"
+__version__ = "1.1.27"
 
 NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
     "VrchAnyOSCControlNode": VrchAnyOSCControlNode,
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
     "VrchBooleanKeyControlNode": VrchBooleanKeyControlNode,
     "VrchChannelOSCControlNode": VrchChannelOSCControlNode,
     "VrchChannelX4OSCControlNode": VrchChannelX4OSCControlNode,
+    "VrchCheckpointClipLoaderNode": VrchCheckpointClipLoaderNode,
     "VrchControlNetLoaderNode": VrchControlNetLoaderNode,
     "VrchDelayNode": VrchDelayNode,
     "VrchDelayOSCControlNode": VrchDelayOSCControlNode,
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = {
     "VrchBooleanKeyControlNode": "BOOLEAN Key Control @ vrch.ai",
     "VrchChannelOSCControlNode": "CHANNEL OSC Control @ vrch.ai",
     "VrchChannelX4OSCControlNode": "CHANNEL x4 OSC Control @ vrch.ai",
+    "VrchCheckpointClipLoaderNode": "Checkpoint CLIP-only Loader @ vrch.ai",
     "VrchControlNetLoaderNode": "ControlNet Loader (CPU Offload) @ vrch.ai",
     "VrchDelayNode": "DELAY @ vrch.ai",
     "VrchDelayOSCControlNode": "DELAY OSC Control @ vrch.ai",
diff --git a/nodes/model_nodes.py b/nodes/model_nodes.py
index 999c35b..427897a 100644
--- a/nodes/model_nodes.py
+++ b/nodes/model_nodes.py
@@ -28,6 +28,54 @@ _TENSORRT_MODEL_TYPES = {
 _CONTROLNET_CPU_LOAD_LOCK = threading.Lock()
 
 
+class VrchCheckpointClipLoaderNode:
+    """Load only the CLIP component from a checkpoint.
+
+    TensorRT workflows do not use the checkpoint's diffusion model. Loading
+    the complete checkpoint in ``--highvram`` mode can nevertheless place that
+    unused UNet on CUDA and prevent a second TensorRT Engine from fitting.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
+        return {
+            "required": {
+                "ckpt_name": (
+                    folder_paths.get_filename_list("checkpoints"),
+                )
+            },
+        }
+
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("CLIP",)
+    FUNCTION = "load_clip"
+    CATEGORY = CATEGORY
+
+    def load_clip(self, ckpt_name):
+        import comfy.sd
+
+        checkpoint_path = folder_paths.get_full_path_or_raise(
+            "checkpoints",
+            ckpt_name,
+        )
+        result = comfy.sd.load_checkpoint_guess_config(
+            checkpoint_path,
+            output_vae=False,
+            output_clip=True,
+            output_clipvision=False,
+            embedding_directory=folder_paths.get_folder_paths("embeddings"),
+            output_model=False,
+        )
+        if result is None or len(result) < 2 or result[1] is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Checkpoint does not contain a supported CLIP text encoder"
+            )
+        print(
+            "[comfyui-web-viewer] Checkpoint CLIP-only load complete: "
+            f"{ckpt_name}"
+        )
+        return (result[1],)
+
+
 def _register_output_engine_root():
     get_output_directory = getattr(folder_paths, "get_output_directory", None)
     registry = getattr(folder_paths, "folder_names_and_paths", None)
diff --git a/nodes/tests/model_nodes_test.py b/nodes/tests/model_nodes_test.py
index 69ee882..45a7f74 100644
--- a/nodes/tests/model_nodes_test.py
+++ b/nodes/tests/model_nodes_test.py
@@ -335,6 +335,70 @@ class TestTensorRTAutoLoaderNode(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(options, [model_nodes.NO_ENGINE_OPTION])
 
 
+class TestCheckpointClipLoaderNode(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.original_folder_paths = model_nodes.folder_paths
+        self.original_modules = {
+            name: sys.modules.get(name)
+            for name in ("comfy", "comfy.sd")
+        }
+        self.addCleanup(self.restore_modules)
+        self.addCleanup(
+            setattr,
+            model_nodes,
+            "folder_paths",
+            self.original_folder_paths,
+        )
+
+    def restore_modules(self):
+        for name, module in self.original_modules.items():
+            if module is None:
+                sys.modules.pop(name, None)
+            else:
+                sys.modules[name] = module
+
+    def install_runtime(self, clip=object()):
+        calls = []
+        sd_module = types.ModuleType("comfy.sd")
+
+        def load_checkpoint_guess_config(path, **kwargs):
+            calls.append((path, kwargs))
+            return (None, clip, None, None)
+
+        sd_module.load_checkpoint_guess_config = load_checkpoint_guess_config
+        comfy_module = types.ModuleType("comfy")
+        comfy_module.sd = sd_module
+        sys.modules["comfy"] = comfy_module
+        sys.modules["comfy.sd"] = sd_module
+        model_nodes.folder_paths = types.SimpleNamespace(
+            get_filename_list=lambda _name: ["sdxl.safetensors"],
+            get_full_path_or_raise=lambda folder, name: f"/{folder}/{name}",
+            get_folder_paths=lambda folder: [f"/{folder}"],
+        )
+        return calls, clip
+
+    def test_loads_only_clip_without_constructing_checkpoint_unet(self):
+        calls, clip = self.install_runtime()
+
+        result = model_nodes.VrchCheckpointClipLoaderNode().load_clip(
+            "sdxl.safetensors"
+        )
+
+        self.assertIs(result[0], clip)
+        self.assertEqual(calls[0][0], "/checkpoints/sdxl.safetensors")
+        self.assertFalse(calls[0][1]["output_model"])
+        self.assertFalse(calls[0][1]["output_vae"])
+        self.assertTrue(calls[0][1]["output_clip"])
+
+    def test_rejects_checkpoint_without_clip(self):
+        self.install_runtime(clip=None)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "does not contain"):
+            model_nodes.VrchCheckpointClipLoaderNode().load_clip(
+                "sdxl.safetensors"
+            )
+
+
 class TestControlNetLoaderNode(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.original_folder_paths = model_nodes.folder_paths