--- title: Custom Shader FX Nodes - No Boilerplate | daily.dev description: Unity 6.5 introduces a shader function reflection API that lets developers turn plain HLSL functions into fully functional Shader Graph nodes with minimal... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/custom-shader-fx-nodes---no-boilerplate-ajfgobdp5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Custom Shader FX Nodes - No Boilerplate | daily.dev og:description: Unity 6.5 introduces a shader function reflection API that lets developers turn plain HLSL functions into fully functional Shader Graph nodes with minimal... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/custom-shader-fx-nodes---no-boilerplate-ajfgobdp5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AJfgoBDp5.png og:image:alt: Custom Shader FX Nodes - No Boilerplate og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Custom Shader FX Nodes - No Boilerplate **[git-amend](https://daily.dev/sources/git-amend)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Unity 6.5 introduces a shader function reflection API that lets developers turn plain HLSL functions into fully functional Shader Graph nodes with minimal setup. By including a single HLSL header, adding the Unity export reflection macro, and specifying a provider key via XML-style comments, Unity automatically reads the function signature and generates input/output ports. Optional parameter hints enable color pickers, sliders, and default values directly in the node UI. The API supports multiple outputs via out parameters, helper functions, and integration with SRP shader libraries — all without touching the custom function node or writing any C#. This is intended to eventually replace both the custom function node and the old internal custom node API. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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