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title: "Ghost Node"
slug: "ghost-node"
updated: 2025-04-22T17:21:49Z
published: 2025-04-22T17:21:49Z
canonical: "help.csgi.com/ghost-node"
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# Ghost Node

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c578bb14-e570-4b6e-93ed-f6c5b8a2d8a1/Images/Documentation/2025-04-22_22-45-47%20copy(3).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T13%3A18%3A10Z&se=2026-10-26T14%3A18%3A10Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Uj5lVUQWsSOdpaSJqaS6%2FGtv4VxeGj5x%2BMrHD4itDt8%3D)

The **Ghost Node** is a placeholder node that is automatically created when dragging out from the grab handle. The node is not executable but allows you to map out your graph before replacing it with a node, graph, or adaptor of your choice.

A graph will not be valid if a ghost node is a part of the links after the start node.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c578bb14-e570-4b6e-93ed-f6c5b8a2d8a1/Images/Documentation/Drag%20and%20drop%20-%20new%20node(2).gif?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T13%3A18%3A10Z&se=2026-10-26T14%3A18%3A10Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Uj5lVUQWsSOdpaSJqaS6%2FGtv4VxeGj5x%2BMrHD4itDt8%3D)