vibecomfy-setup

VibeComfy Setup

Use this when the environment is the problem: VibeComfy cannot find ComfyUI, the user wants to reuse or isolate their custom_nodes / models, or a run needs to target an existing ComfyUI server.

The good setup is explicit. Pick a runtime, pick node/model libraries only when they matter, dry-run dependency changes, then verify.

First Conversation

Before mutating the user's machine, ask for three choices:

1. Runtime

   • installed/importable comfy package
   • the user's own ComfyUI checkout path
   • an already-running ComfyUI server URL

2. Custom nodes

   • reuse an existing custom_nodes
   • create/use an isolated custom_nodes
   • skip local custom-node setup for now

3. Models

   • reuse an existing models
   • create/use an isolated models
   • skip local model setup for now

Also ask whether the config should be global (~/.vibecomfy/config.toml) or repo-local (./vibecomfy.toml). Use global for a personal workstation unless the user wants this checkout to carry the setup.

If they choose an existing server URL, do not force local ComfyUI setup. External server runs only need local node/model paths when VibeComfy is staging files or preparing dependencies on a shared filesystem.

Inspect

Run from the repo root:

vibecomfy config show --json
vibecomfy runtime doctor

If the console script is unavailable in an editable checkout, use python -m vibecomfy.cli ....

Know the two resolution paths:

• vibecomfy config init detects ComfyUI from COMFYUI_PATH, an importable comfy package, ~/ComfyUI, then the current directory if it has custom_nodes or models.
• Library paths used by config/model/node helpers prefer env vars first (VIBECOMFY_CUSTOM_NODES_DIR, VIBECOMFY_MODELS_ROOT, COMFY_MODELS_ROOT), then repo config, then global config.

Runtime Setup

For an importable/pip ComfyUI:

python - <<'PY'
import comfy
from pathlib import Path
root = Path(comfy.__file__).resolve().parent.parent
print(root)
print(root / "custom_nodes")
print(root / "models")
PY
vibecomfy config init --yes