feat: add ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY to core nodes

Marked nodes:
- Basic: LoadImage, SaveImage, LoadVideo, SaveVideo, Load3D, CLIPTextEncode
- Image Tools: ImageScale, ImageInvert, ImageBatch, ImageCrop, ImageRotate, ImageBlur
- Image Tools/Preprocessing: Canny
- Image Generation: LoraLoader
- Audio: LoadAudio, SaveAudio

Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-019c2b25-cd90-7218-9071-03cb46b351b3

comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class SaveAudio(IO.ComfyNode):
             search_aliases=["export flac"],
             display_name="Save Audio (FLAC)",
             category="audio",
+            essentials_category="Audio",
             inputs=[
                 IO.Audio.Input("audio"),
                 IO.String.Input("filename_prefix", default="audio/ComfyUI"),
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ class LoadAudio(IO.ComfyNode):
             search_aliases=["import audio", "open audio", "audio file"],
             display_name="Load Audio",
             category="audio",
+            essentials_category="Audio",
             inputs=[
                 IO.Combo.Input("audio", upload=IO.UploadType.audio, options=sorted(files)),
             ],

comfy_extras/nodes_canny.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Canny(io.ComfyNode):
             node_id="Canny",
             search_aliases=["edge detection", "outline", "contour detection", "line art"],
             category="image/preprocessors",
+            essentials_category="Image Tools/Preprocessing",
             inputs=[
                 io.Image.Input("image"),
                 io.Float.Input("low_threshold", default=0.4, min=0.01, max=0.99, step=0.01),

comfy_extras/nodes_images.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class ImageCrop(IO.ComfyNode):
             search_aliases=["trim"],
             display_name="Image Crop",
             category="image/transform",
+            essentials_category="Image Tools",
             inputs=[
                 IO.Image.Input("image"),
                 IO.Int.Input("width", default=512, min=1, max=nodes.MAX_RESOLUTION, step=1),
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ class ImageRotate(IO.ComfyNode):
             node_id="ImageRotate",
             search_aliases=["turn", "flip orientation"],
             category="image/transform",
+            essentials_category="Image Tools",
             inputs=[
                 IO.Image.Input("image"),
                 IO.Combo.Input("rotation", options=["none", "90 degrees", "180 degrees", "270 degrees"]),

comfy_extras/nodes_load_3d.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Load3D(IO.ComfyNode):
             node_id="Load3D",
             display_name="Load 3D & Animation",
             category="3d",
+            essentials_category="Basic",
             is_experimental=True,
             inputs=[
                 IO.Combo.Input("model_file", options=sorted(files), upload=IO.UploadType.model),

comfy_extras/nodes_post_processing.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class Blur(io.ComfyNode):
         return io.Schema(
             node_id="ImageBlur",
             category="image/postprocessing",
+            essentials_category="Image Tools",
             inputs=[
                 io.Image.Input("image"),
                 io.Int.Input("blur_radius", default=1, min=1, max=31, step=1),

comfy_extras/nodes_video.py

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class SaveVideo(io.ComfyNode):
             search_aliases=["export video"],
             display_name="Save Video",
             category="image/video",
+            essentials_category="Basic",
             description="Saves the input images to your ComfyUI output directory.",
             inputs=[
                 io.Video.Input("video", tooltip="The video to save."),
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ class LoadVideo(io.ComfyNode):
             search_aliases=["import video", "open video", "video file"],
             display_name="Load Video",
             category="image/video",
+            essentials_category="Basic",
             inputs=[
                 io.Combo.Input("file", options=sorted(files), upload=io.UploadType.video),
             ],

nodes.py

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class CLIPTextEncode(ComfyNodeABC):
     FUNCTION = "encode"
 
     CATEGORY = "conditioning"
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Basic"
     DESCRIPTION = "Encodes a text prompt using a CLIP model into an embedding that can be used to guide the diffusion model towards generating specific images."
     SEARCH_ALIASES = ["text", "prompt", "text prompt", "positive prompt", "negative prompt", "encode text", "text encoder", "encode prompt"]
 
@@ -667,6 +668,8 @@ class CLIPSetLastLayer:
         return (clip,)
 
 class LoraLoader:
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Image Generation"
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.loaded_lora = None
 
@@ -1648,6 +1651,7 @@ class SaveImage:
     OUTPUT_NODE = True
 
     CATEGORY = "image"
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Basic"
     DESCRIPTION = "Saves the input images to your ComfyUI output directory."
     SEARCH_ALIASES = ["save", "save image", "export image", "output image", "write image", "download"]
 
@@ -1706,6 +1710,7 @@ class LoadImage:
                 }
 
     CATEGORY = "image"
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Basic"
     SEARCH_ALIASES = ["load image", "open image", "import image", "image input", "upload image", "read image", "image loader"]
 
     RETURN_TYPES = ("IMAGE", "MASK")
@@ -1863,6 +1868,7 @@ class ImageScale:
     FUNCTION = "upscale"
 
     CATEGORY = "image/upscaling"
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Image Tools"
     SEARCH_ALIASES = ["resize", "resize image", "scale image", "image resize", "zoom", "zoom in", "change size"]
 
     def upscale(self, image, upscale_method, width, height, crop):
@@ -1902,6 +1908,7 @@ class ImageScaleBy:
 
 class ImageInvert:
     SEARCH_ALIASES = ["reverse colors"]
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Image Tools"
 
     @classmethod
     def INPUT_TYPES(s):
@@ -1918,6 +1925,7 @@ class ImageInvert:
 
 class ImageBatch:
     SEARCH_ALIASES = ["combine images", "merge images", "stack images"]
+    ESSENTIALS_CATEGORY = "Image Tools"
 
     @classmethod
     def INPUT_TYPES(s):