import torch class SMCCFGCtrl: """ Implements SMC-CFG (Sliding Mode Control CFG) from the paper: "CFG-Ctrl: A Control-Theoretic Perspective on Classifier-Free Guidance" (CVPR 2026) https://github.com/hanyang-21/CFG-Ctrl Replaces standard linear CFG with a nonlinear sliding mode controller that prevents instability, overshooting, and artifacts at high guidance scales. """ @classmethod def INPUT_TYPES(s): return { "required": { "model": ("MODEL",), "smc_cfg_lambda": ("FLOAT", { "default": 5.0, "min": 0.0, "max": 50.0, "step": 0.01, "tooltip": "Sliding surface coefficient. Controls how much the controller weights previous error magnitude vs error derivative. Paper recommended: 5.0", }), "smc_cfg_K": ("FLOAT", { "default": 0.2, "min": 0.0, "max": 5.0, "step": 0.01, "tooltip": "Switching gain. Bounds the correction to [-K, +K] per element. Higher = stronger correction but may introduce chattering. Paper recommended: 0.2", }), "warmup_steps": ("INT", { "default": 0, "min": 0, "max": 100, "tooltip": "Number of initial steps with no guidance (pure conditional prediction). Lets the model establish structure before guidance kicks in.", }), } } RETURN_TYPES = ("MODEL",) FUNCTION = "patch" CATEGORY = "sampling/custom_sampling" def patch(self, model, smc_cfg_lambda, smc_cfg_K, warmup_steps): # Mutable state persisted across denoising steps via closure state = { "prev_eps": None, "step": 0, "prev_sigma": None, } lam = smc_cfg_lambda K = smc_cfg_K def smc_cfg_function(args): # Use denoised-space predictions — these have consistent magnitude # across sigma values. ComfyUI's args["cond"]/["uncond"] are # (x - denoised), which are sigma-scaled and would make the fixed # K correction dominate at low sigma (late steps), destroying the image. cond_denoised = args["cond_denoised"] uncond_denoised = args["uncond_denoised"] cond_scale = args["cond_scale"] x = args["input"] sigma = args["sigma"] # Detect new generation: sigma should decrease monotonically during # denoising. If it jumps up, a new sampling run has started. curr_sigma = sigma.max().item() if torch.is_tensor(sigma) else float(sigma) if state["prev_sigma"] is not None and curr_sigma > state["prev_sigma"] * 1.1: state["prev_eps"] = None state["step"] = 0 state["prev_sigma"] = curr_sigma step = state["step"] state["step"] = step + 1 # Warmup: pure conditional prediction (no guidance) if warmup_steps > 0 and step < warmup_steps: return x - cond_denoised # Guidance error in denoised space (consistent magnitude across sigma) guidance_eps = cond_denoised - uncond_denoised # Initialize prev_eps on first SMC step (matches original paper # where SMC correction is applied from the very first step) if state["prev_eps"] is None: state["prev_eps"] = guidance_eps.detach().clone() prev_eps = state["prev_eps"] # Sliding surface: s_t = (e_t - e_{t-1}) + lambda * e_{t-1} s = (guidance_eps - prev_eps) + lam * prev_eps # Switching control: u_sw = -K * sign(s_t) u_sw = -K * torch.sign(s) # Corrected guidance error guidance_eps = guidance_eps + u_sw # Store corrected guidance for next step's sliding surface state["prev_eps"] = guidance_eps.detach().clone() # Guided denoised output denoised = uncond_denoised + cond_scale * guidance_eps # Return noise residual (framework computes cfg_result = x - return) return x - denoised m = model.clone() m.set_model_sampler_cfg_function(smc_cfg_function, disable_cfg1_optimization=True) return (m,) NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = { "SMCCFGCtrl": SMCCFGCtrl, } NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = { "SMCCFGCtrl": "SMC-CFG Ctrl", }