* docs(designs): snapshot dialogs redesign mockup + Mermaid flow (WIP) Design exploration for consolidating the Snapshot Settings cog into the Save and Load dialogs, plus the related autosave-newer fix. Discussion artifacts only — no code changes. - docs/designs/snapshot-dialogs.html: side-by-side mockups across six sections (toolbar, Save dialog, Load dialog with default / Recovery expanded / inline delete-confirm states, autosave-newer modal, button-state pattern, folder-browse picker) - docs/designs/snapshot-dialogs-redesign.md: scope sketch + Mermaid flow - docs/designs/README.md: register the two new design files in the index Single-library design stays (documented intent per docs/maintainers/curated-sidebar.md). Redesign only consolidates surface; implementation lands in a separate PR after layout details are locked in. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(designs): refine autosave-newer modal + single-row recovery groups Two scoped tweaks to the snapshot dialogs mockup: - Section 4 (autosave-newer): drop the "Replace current state?" question since the user already chose Load; promote "Auto-save is newer than the saved version" to the only head message. Render the two options as standard preset-rows (filename + picks/workflows/date meta) so the layout mirrors the Load dialog list. Buttons collapse to NO / YES — load latest on one row. - Section 3 (recovery expanded): show only the newest row per <preset>_autosave/ group — whichever of Pre-load or Periodic is most recent — instead of listing both kinds. Annotation also notes the Recovery section auto-expands when a preset row is clicked. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(designs): lock recovery behavior — hidden by default, one row per clicked preset When the user clicks a preset row (Koolook_v03, starter, etc.) the recovery section opens and reveals only that preset's <preset>_autosave/ folder, with a single row inside — whichever of Pre-load or Periodic is newest (the system picks). _unsaved_autosave/ no longer renders inside this preset-scoped view since it isn't tied to the clicked preset. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(designs): polish section 6 + recovery row layout Folder-browse picker (section 6): - Switch to standard navigate-into model — clicking a folder drills in, body lists that folder's contents (subfolders clickable, files greyed- out for context). Path input shows where you are; "Use this folder" commits the current path. Drops the sibling-list + selected-tag model. - Single-line toolbar: ↑ Up next to the path input; secondary parent- path strip removed. - Path input keeps the END visible when overflowing (direction:rtl + text-align:left), so a long path shows the meaningful trailing folder instead of /Users/… — and example path is now long enough to demonstrate it. - Header restyled to match other modal heads (15px title, dark bg, bigger padding); descriptive subtitle removed. - Bottom bar: New folder… stays left; Cancel + Use this folder push right (.picker-foot .spacer rule, since the existing flex-spacer was scoped to .modal-actions). - Redundant "SELECTED FOLDER" stripe removed — selected-row blue accent is sufficient confirmation; folder list gains the freed vertical room. - Example folder rename _unsaved_autosave -> default_autosave (label only — on-disk constant unchanged; rename is an open suggestion to drop the self-contradicting "unsaved autosave" term). Recovery row (section 3): - Layout: badge on top, single combined meta line below in order "<picks> · <workflows> · <date>" — matches preset-row shape so both rows read the same way. - Padding bumped to 10px 12px so recovery-row and preset-row are the same box size; badge nudged 1px up + meta nudged 1px down for breathing room. - Recovery section now scopes to the clicked preset only: orphan _unsaved_autosave/ group removed from the "Koolook_v03 clicked" view, since when a preset row is clicked the dropdown should only show that preset's auto-saves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: require visual verification before requesting design-driven review When implementing a UI change that has a corresponding mockup in docs/designs/ (e.g. snapshot-dialogs.html, sidebar-icon-proposals.html), the design file is the spec. Before the work is brought to the maintainer for review, the implementing agent must: 1. Render the implementation in a real browser — dev-sync for runtime sidebar work, python3 -m http.server (or the Launch preview panel) for standalone HTML mockups. 2. Screenshot the implemented UI at every state the mockup shows. 3. Diff each screenshot against the mockup. Match it or document the deviation with a rationale. 4. Only then request review. The maintainer should never be the first set of eyes on rendered output. Type checks and tests verify code correctness, not visual fidelity to the design — if a mockup exists for the change, visual verification is a hard gate, not optional polish. Rule lives in three places, each hit from a different entry point: - CLAUDE.md (loaded at every session start; canonical) - docs/designs/README.md (discovered when opening the designs folder) - docs/maintainers/dev-iteration-loop.md (step 4 in the iteration loop) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * skills(tdd): add project-specific TDD skill modeled on ForgeFlow's When implementation work on docs/designs/ mockups begins, /tdd on this repo should pick up a project-level skill that knows ComfyUI-Koolook's actual machinery — not just generic TDD principles. Two files: - SKILL.md — keeps the global TDD philosophy (vertical slices, behaviour-not-implementation, refactor only after GREEN) and adds a project-specific tail covering: • code surface: where Python nodes vs sidebar JS vs design specs live • test surface: what CI runs today (ruff, compileall, bandit, preflight_release.py) and explicit guidance on introducing pytest / vitest "only when there's a behaviour that genuinely needs unit testing" — same PR as the first test, never speculative • the dev-sync iteration loop for runtime sidebar work • high-value test targets (node registration, route validation, VAE dispatch, snapshot row augmentation) • drift patterns specific to this codebase (vendored upstream into MAIN, renamed namespaced node IDs in saved workflows, hardcoded user paths, dev-sync triggered from an automated flow, …) • final scope-alignment check routing (clean → proceed; drift → show report, never revert) - visual-verification.md — the secondary procedure for cycles whose assertion is CSS / layout / structural. Procedure split for the two shapes of work in this repo: • runtime sidebar (web/sidebar/*.js): dev-sync → restart ComfyUI → screenshot → diff against docs/designs/<feature>.html • standalone HTML mockups (docs/designs/*.html): Launch preview panel or python3 -m http.server (no new package installs per supply-chain rules) Plus a structured definition of what "diff against the mockup" means (spatial, hierarchy, states, chrome, text — not pixel-equality), so it isn't a vague gate. Generic companions (deep-modules, mocking, refactoring, interface- design, scope-check, tests) intentionally not copied — agents follow the global ~/.claude/skills/tdd/ pointers in SKILL.md for those. Avoids sync-drift on principle docs and keeps this skill focused on what's genuinely project-specific. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Iterative dev loop — sidebar work
How the Curated Nodes / Workflows sidebar was built, in case you come back to it after a break. Optimized for fast iteration without the publish round-trip.
First-time setup on a new machine
KOLOOK_COMFYUI_DEV_PATH should point at the eventual Koolook subdirectory
inside your live ComfyUI custom_nodes/ folder — not the custom_nodes/
parent itself.
| Platform | Typical path |
|---|---|
| macOS | /Volumes/Data/ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Koolook |
| Linux | /home/<user>/ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Koolook |
| Windows | C:/ComfyUI_portable/ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Koolook (forward slashes work fine) |
cp .env.example .env # if you don't have one yet
$EDITOR .env # set KOLOOK_COMFYUI_DEV_PATH
python scripts/sync_to_dev.py --init # creates the leaf folder + first sync
# restart ComfyUI to pick up the new install
After that first run, drop the --init — plain python scripts/sync_to_dev.py
is enough for every subsequent edit. The --init flag is a one-shot guard
against typos: it refuses to create a Koolook folder unless the parent looks
like a ComfyUI custom_nodes/ directory (named custom_nodes or sitting
inside a ComfyUI parent).
The loop
- Edit
web/koolook_sidebar.jsor any module underweb/sidebar/(or related JSON) in the worktree. python scripts/sync_to_dev.py— copies runtime files into your live ComfyUIcustom_nodes/<koolook>/. ReadsKOLOOK_COMFYUI_DEV_PATHfrom.env.- Restart ComfyUI; verify visually.
- If a design mockup exists for what you just implemented (look
under
docs/designs/), screenshot the running result and diff against the mockup. Don't request review until visual parity is reached or each deviation is documented. See the project CLAUDE.md "Visual verification for design-driven implementation" section for the full rule. - Iterate.
End-to-end: ~10–30 seconds. No tag/publish round-trip.
Trigger phrases when working with the agent
| You say | Agent does |
|---|---|
dev-sync (or "sync to dev", "copy those files") |
runs scripts/sync_to_dev.py |
go |
implements the most-recently proposed plan as code |
| paste exported JSON from the ↓ button | replaces the matching web/<feature>_defaults.json |
What survives across re-syncs and ComfyUI restarts
| Data | Lives in | Persistence |
|---|---|---|
| Node favorites (per user) | localStorage["koolook.curated.userPicks.v1"] |
survives JS updates, ComfyUI restarts, browser refreshes |
| Saved workflows incl. archive (per install) | ComfyUI /userdata/koolook_workflows.json |
survives JS updates and ComfyUI restarts |
| Distributed defaults — starter preset | web/starter_preset.json (in repo) |
copied once into the user's snapshot library as starter.json on first ComfyUI load (replaces the legacy curated_defaults.json localStorage seed) |
| Distributed defaults — workflows | web/workflow_defaults.json (in repo) |
seeded once into /userdata on first ComfyUI load |
dev-sync + restart never wipes user state. Only localStorage.clear(),
deleting /userdata/koolook_workflows.json, or wiping browser data does.
Commit / push / publish gates
- Commit after a stable batch of working changes — not after every edit.
- Pushing a feature/PR branch never triggers a Comfy Registry publish.
- Publish fires only when
pyproject.tomlchanges and the push lands onmain. Full procedure:releasing.md.
Tips that paid off in this build
- Annotated screenshots (a red arrow on the spot you're talking about) beat text descriptions for UI feedback every time.
- Verify uncertain frontend APIs against
Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontendsource before guessing. E.g. theloadGraphData(graph, true, true, wfName, {})4th-arg trick that names the workflow tab was pulled from upstreamsrc/scripts/app.ts, not guessed. - Defensive fallbacks when calling a newer ComfyUI API surface — multiple property paths inside try/catch so older frontends still work.
- Persist folder expansion state across re-renders so saving doesn't
collapse the user's view (the
pathStatesMap inweb/sidebar/tree.js).
Files this loop touches most
web/koolook_sidebar.js— sidebar entry (boots the extension; module bodies live inweb/sidebar/)web/starter_preset.json— bundled starter preset (replaces the legacycurated_defaults.jsonpick-only seed)web/workflow_defaults.json— workflow defaultsscripts/sync_to_dev.py— dev sync helperdocs/maintainers/curated-sidebar.md— starter-preset round-trip detail