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Add new model type integration guide (#8779)
* Add new model type integration guide

Comprehensive documentation covering all steps required to integrate
a new model type into InvokeAI, including:

- Backend: Model manager, configs, loaders, invocations, sampling
- Frontend: Graph building, state management, parameter recall
- Metadata, starter models, and optional features (ControlNet, LoRA, IP-Adapter)

Uses FLUX.1, FLUX.2 Klein, SD3, SDXL, and Z-Image as reference implementations.

* docs: improve new model integration guide

- Move document to docs/contributing/ directory
- Fix broken TOC links by replacing '&' with 'and' in headings
- Add code example for text encoder config (section 2.4)
- Add text encoder loader example (new section 3.3)
- Expand text encoder invocation to show full conditioning flow (section 4.2)

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Co-authored-by: Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>
2026-01-29 13:45:29 +00:00
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assets Creation of GALLERY.md and related images 2024-04-14 16:46:31 +10:00
contributing Add new model type integration guide (#8779) 2026-01-29 13:45:29 +00:00
features feat(ui): improve hotkey customization UX with interactive controls and validation (#8649) 2025-11-16 14:35:37 +00:00
help docs: tidying 2024-09-22 17:10:14 +03:00
img docs: update logo & title 2024-09-22 17:10:14 +03:00
installation feat(flux2): add FLUX.2 klein model support (#8768) 2026-01-26 23:21:37 -05:00
nodes docs: add BiRefNet and Image Export to communityNodes.md 2025-10-06 10:08:29 +11:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md remove all references to CLI 2023-10-18 11:28:26 +11:00
configuration.md docs: add docs for low vram mode 2025-01-09 11:20:05 +11:00
faq.md docs: remove outdated info & update other items in FAQ 2025-02-07 12:14:23 +11:00
index.md docs: update install-related docs 2024-12-20 17:01:34 +11:00
RELEASE.md (chore) Prep for v6.10.0rc2 (#8701) 2025-12-26 18:26:04 -05:00