port-system

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps developers understand and implement the ChainGraph port system, including nine port types, plugins, a factory for port creation, and transfer rules to enforce type-safe connections across nodes in complex graphs.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Nine distinct port types with strong typing, validation, and serialization support.
• Port plugins for per-type validation, configuration, and value serialization.
• Port Factory to create single or multiple ports from concise configurations.
• Transfer rules that govern compatibility and safe data flow between ports.
• Frontend and node integration patterns for rendering and managing ports in UI.

Use cases:

• Designing custom ports for specialized data shapes (strings, numbers, objects, streams).
• Debugging port compatibility in visual graphs and ensuring end-to-end type safety.
• Rapid prototyping of nodes with complex input/output schemas.

Quick Start

Set up a minimal port configuration, instantiate it via the PortFactory, and validate a basic connection between source and target ports in a simple test node.