Pipes

Call one flow from another in the same environment. A Pipe listener is the entry point of the called flow; a Pipe client in the calling flow sends it records and, for two-way listeners, gets the answer back.

Use pipes to share one flow, such as a lookup or the connection to a system, between many flows.

Plugins

Plugin	What it does	Pins
Pipe client	Calls a Pipe listener in another flow: every input record is sent to the selected listener over a local TCP pipe, and the listener's response (for two-way listeners) is emitted on Output. Use it to split logic into reusable flows (sub-flow / service style calls) on the same machine.	Input, Output, Timeout
Pipe listener	Entry point of a flow that is called from other flows. It opens a local TCP pipe, registers it under its Name, emits every incoming request on Request and, for two-way listeners, sends whatever reaches Response back to the calling Pipe client. The component keeps the flow running.	Request, Response, Start