> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://comfytv.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Input Text

> Type or paste text and feed it into your pipeline as a `COMFYTV_TEXT`—the simplest way to author prompts, captions, or notes on the canvas.

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## What this node does

**Input Text** is an **Input** stage (`ComfyTV/Input`). It has no AI model and **no ▶ Run**: you type into its multiline text box and the value becomes this stage's output, passed to downstream stages **in real time as you edit**.

Use it wherever a stage takes a `COMFYTV_TEXT` input—prompts for Image / Video / 3D Model stages, extra context, lyrics, captions, or notes you want to route into the graph.

Text flows as a ComfyTV `COMFYTV_TEXT` snapshot. To interoperate with native ComfyUI string nodes, insert a **Bridge** — see [bridges.md](https://github.com/jtydhr88/ComfyTV/blob/main/docs/bridges.md).

## When to use it

* Author a shared prompt once and fan it out to several generation stages.
* Provide extra textual context (style notes, constraints) to an Image / Video / 3D Model stage's `texts` inputs.
* Keep an editable caption or note as a wired node rather than retyping it per stage.

## Parameters

### text

Multiline text box (default empty). Whatever you type here becomes the **text** output. It updates downstream live as you edit—no Run needed.

### project\_id / parent\_output\_id (internal)

Hidden; maintained by the **Project** node and graph wiring. You rarely touch these.

## Outputs

| Output   | Type           | Meaning                                          |
| -------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **text** | `COMFYTV_TEXT` | The entered text, passed downstream in real time |

## Tips

* No ▶ Run button is normal for Input stages—editing the box is the action.
* One Input Text can feed many stages; edit it once to update them all.

## Related nodes

* **3D Model Stage** / **Image Stage** / **Video Stage** — common downstream; accept `COMFYTV_TEXT` context.
* **Load Image** / **Load Video** / **Load Audio** — same Input family for media files.