CLI-Anything cli-anything-comfyui

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/cli-anything-comfyui" ~/.claude/skills/hkuds-cli-anything-cli-anything-comfyui && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/cli-anything-comfyui/SKILL.md
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cli-anything-comfyui

AI image generation workflow management via the ComfyUI REST API. Designed for AI agents and power users who need to queue workflows, manage models, download generated images, and monitor the generation queue without a GUI.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-comfyui package:

pip install cli-anything-comfyui

Prerequisites:

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-comfyui --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-comfyui repl

# Check server stats
cli-anything-comfyui system stats

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-comfyui --json system stats

REPL Mode

Start an interactive session for exploratory use:

cli-anything-comfyui repl
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

Workflow

Workflow management commands.

CommandDescription
list
List saved workflows
load
Load a workflow from a JSON file
validate
Validate a workflow JSON against the ComfyUI node graph

Queue

Generation queue management.

CommandDescription
prompt
Queue a workflow for execution
status
Show current queue status (running and pending)
clear
Clear the generation queue
history
Show prompt execution history
interrupt
Interrupt the currently running generation

Models

Model discovery commands.

CommandDescription
checkpoints
List available checkpoint models
loras
List available LoRA models
vaes
List available VAE models
controlnets
List available ControlNet models
node-info
Show detailed info for a specific node type
list-nodes
List all available node types

Images

Generated image management.

CommandDescription
list
List generated images on the server
download
Download a specific generated image
download-all
Download all images from a prompt execution

System

Server status and information.

CommandDescription
stats
Show ComfyUI system statistics (GPU, CPU, memory)
info
Show ComfyUI server info and extensions

Examples

Check System Status

# Server stats
cli-anything-comfyui system stats

# Server info
cli-anything-comfyui system info

Discover Available Models

# List checkpoints
cli-anything-comfyui models checkpoints

# List LoRAs
cli-anything-comfyui models loras

# List all node types
cli-anything-comfyui models list-nodes

Queue and Monitor Generation

# Queue a workflow
cli-anything-comfyui queue prompt --workflow my_workflow.json

# Check queue status
cli-anything-comfyui queue status

# View execution history
cli-anything-comfyui --json queue history

Download Generated Images

# List generated images
cli-anything-comfyui images list

# Download a specific image
cli-anything-comfyui images download --filename ComfyUI_00001_.png --output ./out.png

# Download all images from a prompt
cli-anything-comfyui images download-all --prompt-id <id> --output-dir ./outputs

Output Formats

All commands support dual output modes:

  • Human-readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text
  • Machine-readable (
    --json
    flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption
# Human output
cli-anything-comfyui system stats

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-comfyui --json system stats

For AI Agents

When using this CLI programmatically:

  1. Always use
    --json
    flag
    for parseable output
  2. Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
  3. Parse stderr for error messages on failure
  4. Use absolute paths for all file operations
  5. Verify ComfyUI is running with
    system stats
    before other commands

More Information

  • Full documentation: See README.md in the package
  • Test coverage: See TEST.md in the package
  • Methodology: See HARNESS.md in the cli-anything-plugin

Version

1.0.0