list_local_models

Inspect what models this ComfyUI has installed, and where it looks for them. Driven by the action parameter:

• action:"list" — List model files available to the connected ComfyUI, grouped by type. Read-only. Queries ComfyUI's /models REST endpoint first (works with remote ComfyUI and respects extra_model_paths.yaml — symlinked / mounted dirs the install-path filesystem scan would miss), then falls back to a filesystem scan of COMFYUI_PATH/models/ when the REST endpoint is unavailable. Size and modified time are only available on the filesystem fallback path. Use to see which models are already available before generating or downloading; use download_model action:"search" to discover new models on HuggingFace, then action:"download" to fetch them. For models fetched via download_model action:"download_civitai", any CivitAI trigger/activation words and base model are shown inline (read from the <file>.civitai.json sidecar) — apply those trigger words in your prompt when generating with that model. A civitai: line under an entry is that model's CivitAI page URL (modelId + INSTALLED modelVersionId, from the same sidecar) — use it to reference the source or check for newer versions.

• action:"remove" — DELETES a model FILE from the local ComfyUI models directories. path is REQUIRED and is a file path relative to models/. THIS IS DESTRUCTIVE AND HAS NO UNDO: the file is unlinked, not moved to a recycle bin, and a large checkpoint can take hours to re-download — confirm the exact path with the user (action:"list" shows it) before calling. Resolves the path across ALL configured roots — the primary /models AND every directory in extra_model_paths.yaml / extra_models_config.yaml (e.g. models stored on another drive like E:) — the same roots ComfyUI loads from. The path must stay within a known root (path traversal and absolute escapes are rejected), and a directory is refused. LOCAL-ONLY: deletes from the local filesystem, so it is not supported against a remote ComfyUI (remove the file on the host). Do NOT confuse this with action:"remove_path", which edits a config file and deletes nothing.

• action:"embeddings" — List textual-inversion embeddings installed on the connected ComfyUI server (read from its /api/embeddings endpoint, i.e. the models/embeddings folder). Requires a running, reachable ComfyUI (local or remote); takes no other parameters. Returns the embedding names; reference them in positive or negative prompts as embedding:name (e.g. embedding:easynegative). Read-only.

• action:"list_paths" — View ComfyUI extra search-path config for standalone/manual installs and ComfyUI Desktop. Read-only. Resolves LIVE-FIRST: the file the running ComfyUI actually reads (its --extra-model-paths-config, else the extra_model_paths.yaml beside its main.py), falling back to the local heuristic only when no server is reachable — /extra_model_paths.yaml (COMFYUI_PATH, else the saved default workspace from workspace action:"set_default") or the Desktop app-data extra_models_config.yaml. Reports generic categories, so model categories and custom_nodes entries are both visible when present. Because it is read-only it never refuses a reachable LOCAL server just because its argv does not prove which file it reads: it shows the server-named config when that file exists here, else the local auto-selected one, always labelled as unconfirmed rather than presented as the live server's. action:"add_path"/action:"remove_path" still refuse in that state — a write to an unproven file would be a silent no-op.

• action:"add_path" — Add a directory to a ComfyUI extra search-path YAML config; category + path are REQUIRED. Use this for model categories such as checkpoints/loras/vae and, on ComfyUI builds that support it, custom_nodes. Writes the config file and returns the updated view; restart ComfyUI to apply.

• action:"remove_path" — Remove a directory from a ComfyUI extra search-path YAML config; category + path are REQUIRED. Matches the stored path exactly. This edits the YAML only — it deletes NO model files and frees no disk space (that is action:"remove"). Restart ComfyUI after removing an active path.