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