Custom Actions
Describe the tool you wish existed, and FLORA builds it for your canvas
The Action Node catalog covers the most common editing operations—but sometimes you need a tool that doesn't exist yet. Custom Actions let you describe the tool you want in plain language, and FLORA builds it for you on the spot. No plugins, no external apps, no waiting for a feature request.
Type "add a thin white border and my caption to the bottom of this image," and seconds later you have a working, reusable node with its own controls—sliders, color pickers, dropdowns—sitting on your canvas like any other action.
Creating a Custom Action
Add the node
Open the Add Node menu with the + button and choose Generate Action ("Build with AI from a prompt"). A new node appears with a single text field showing an example prompt—write your own prompt, or use the suggested one.
Describe what you want
Write what the tool should do, like you'd explain it to a colleague: "split this image into a 3×3 grid," "convert this video to a series of frames," "turn each line of this text into a numbered list." If you've already connected inputs, FLORA sees their types (image, video, audio, or text) and builds the action to match.
Press Enter
FLORA generates the action in a few seconds. The node updates with a name, input slots, and any controls the tool needs—dial them in just like a prebuilt action.
Connect and Run
Wire up your inputs, adjust the controls, and click Run. Results appear as output nodes, ready to feed into the rest of your workflow.
Refining and fixing
Custom actions are conversational, not one-shot:
Edit — click the Edit pill on the node to describe a change ("make the border thicker," "add a slider for opacity") and FLORA updates the action in place.
Troubleshoot — if a run fails, a Troubleshoot button appears with the error. One click sends the details to FAUNA, which diagnoses and fixes the action for you.
What Custom Actions Can Do
Custom actions work with all four canvas modalities—image, video, audio, and text—and can accept multiple inputs, produce multiple outputs, and convert between formats. Actions come with a rich toolkit for image manipulation, video processing, and text handling built in.
Not sure whether an action can do what you have in mind? Ask FAUNA—the chat agent is a good place to figure out what actions can do, and it can build and update them for you.
Cool things people build
Stylized effects models don't do well — halftone dots, dithering, ASCII art, scan lines, precise duotones with your exact hex values.
Brand enforcement tools — apply your exact brand colors, margins, watermark, and caption style to any image. Deterministic and pixel-perfect, unlike a prompt.
Contact sheets and grids — tile a set of images into a labeled grid for client review, or slice one image into a 9-tile Instagram grid.
Format converters — video to a series of frames, image set to sprite sheet, audio waveform to image.
QR codes and overlays — generate a QR code from a text node and composite it onto a poster.
Prompt machinery — split a CSV of product names into individual prompts, wrap each in your house style, and feed them to a Batch Node.
Video utilities — extract a thumbnail at an exact timestamp, burn a countdown timer into a clip, assemble stills into a timelapse.
The pattern: whenever you need something precise, repeatable, or mechanical—the kind of task where an AI model's creative interpretation is a bug, not a feature—a custom action is the right tool.
Custom Actions in Workflows
Custom actions behave like any other node, so they compose with everything on the canvas:
Chain with generation nodes — generate an image with AI, then run your custom "brand kit" action for a consistent finish.
Batch them — connect a Batch Node and the Run button becomes Run N, processing every item with identical settings.
Use them in Techniques — custom actions can be steps inside a Technique, mixing deterministic processing with AI generation in one repeatable workflow.
Good to Know
Be specific about inputs and outputs. "Take an image and a text caption, output one image" generates a better tool than "make a caption thing."
Start simple, then iterate. Get a basic version running, then use Edit to layer on options and controls.
Actions are project-scoped. A custom action lives in the project where you created it; recreate it elsewhere by describing it again.
Runs take up to 5 minutes. Long video operations that exceed the limit are better split into steps.
Custom actions require an eligible plan. If you see "Upgrade to generate custom actions" in the node menu, check your workspace plan.
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