SmolVLM2

Class: SmolVLM2BlockV1

Source: inference.core.workflows.core_steps.models.foundation.smolvlm.v1.SmolVLM2BlockV1

This workflow block runs SmolVLM2, a multimodal vision-language model. You can ask questions about images -- including documents and photos -- and get answers in natural language.

Type identifier

Use the following identifier in step "type" field: roboflow_core/smolvlm2@v1to add the block as as step in your workflow.

Properties

Name	Type	Description	Refs
name	str	Enter a unique identifier for this step..	❌
prompt	str	Optional text prompt to provide additional context to SmolVLM2. Otherwise it will just be None.	❌
model_version	str	The SmolVLM2 model to be used for inference..	✅

The Refs column marks possibility to parametrise the property with dynamic values available in workflow runtime. See Bindings for more info.

Available Connections

Compatible Blocks

Check what blocks you can connect to SmolVLM2 in version v1.

• inputs: Corner Visualization, Camera Focus, Polygon Zone Visualization, Circle Visualization, Triangle Visualization, Stability AI Inpainting, Classification Label Visualization, Bounding Box Visualization, Depth Estimation, SIFT, Single-Label Classification Model, Image Convert Grayscale, Halo Visualization, Grid Visualization, Polygon Visualization, Absolute Static Crop, Dot Visualization, Color Visualization, Label Visualization, Stability AI Outpainting, Crop Visualization, Object Detection Model, Perspective Correction, Stability AI Image Generation, Image Slicer, Image Threshold, Keypoint Detection Model, Image Preprocessing, Model Comparison Visualization, SIFT Comparison, Dynamic Crop, Stitch Images, Image Contours, Mask Visualization, Pixelate Visualization, Camera Calibration, Reference Path Visualization, Image Blur, Line Counter Visualization, Instance Segmentation Model, Background Color Visualization, Multi-Label Classification Model, Image Slicer, Keypoint Visualization, Blur Visualization, Ellipse Visualization, Trace Visualization, Relative Static Crop
• outputs: Detections Consensus

Input and Output Bindings

The available connections depend on its binding kinds. Check what binding kinds SmolVLM2 in version v1 has.

Bindings

• input

  • images (image): The image to infer on..
  • model_version (roboflow_model_id): The SmolVLM2 model to be used for inference..

• output

  • parsed_output (dictionary): Dictionary.

Example JSON definition of step SmolVLM2 in version v1

{
    "name": "<your_step_name_here>",
    "type": "roboflow_core/smolvlm2@v1",
    "images": "$inputs.image",
    "prompt": "What is in this image?",
    "model_version": "smolvlm2/smolvlm-2.2b-instruct"
}