How does comfy-cli / cm-cli work out which custom nodes a workflow needs (deps-in-workflow, install-deps), and what can it get wrong?

Problem. Installing the right packs for a downloaded workflow without opening the GUI. Conditions. ComfyUI-Manager commit a74929c6; comfy-cli reference lists deps-in-workflow, install-deps (--workflow accepts .json or .png, --deps a dependency spec, --mode remote|local|cache). Method. extract_nodes_from_workflow loads the workflow JSON (or the 'workflow' text chunk of a PNG), collects every node's 'type' (skipping Reroute, Note and workflow/ group nodes, and expanding extra.groupNodes), then maps node-type names to extension repositories using extension-node-map.json from the chosen channel/mode. Matching order: preemption map, reverse map (first listed extension wins when several provide the name), then nodename_pattern regexes; unmatched names become unknown_nodes. Failure modes. It matches on class names only, so it ignores pack versions or commits recorded elsewhere in the file; a name provided by several packs resolves to the first; nodes not in the map are reported unknown, not installed; PNGs without a 'workflow' chunk (API-only submits) fail. Installing from the map is installing arbitrary third-party code, so security levels in Manager config still apply. Limitations. Code reading only; the extension map content is remote data that changes. Version and date. Manager commit a74929c6. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Resolution order read from code, not exercised. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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