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@@ -158,7 +158,54 @@ sequence and no post-CNN effects overwrite `sink`.  `post_render()` is
 unconditionally correct regardless of sequence structure.
 
 **Current user**: `GBufferEffect` uses this pattern for `prev.rgb` (CNN temporal
-feedback). Call `gbuf->set_cnn_output_node("cnn_out_node")` once at setup.
+feedback). `cnn_output_node_` is wired automatically via `wire_dag()` — no
+manual `set_cnn_output_node()` call needed.
+
+### DAG wiring (`wire_dag`)
+
+```cpp
+// Effect base class
+virtual void wire_dag(const std::vector<EffectDAGNode>& dag) {}
+```
+
+Called once from `Sequence::init_effect_nodes()` after all `declare_nodes()`
+calls, so the full DAG is visible.  Override to resolve inter-effect
+dependencies that cannot be expressed through node names alone.
+
+`GBufferEffect::wire_dag()` delegates to the base-class helper
+`find_downstream_output(dag)`, then guards against wiring to `"sink"`:
+
+```cpp
+void GBufferEffect::wire_dag(const std::vector<EffectDAGNode>& dag) {
+  const std::string out = find_downstream_output(dag);
+  if (out != "sink") cnn_output_node_ = out;
+}
+```
+
+`"sink"` is registered as an external view (`texture == nullptr`); copying
+from it in `post_render` would crash.  When no CNN follows the G-buffer stage
+(e.g. debug/deferred sequences), `cnn_output_node_` stays empty and
+`post_render` is a no-op.
+
+#### `Effect::find_downstream_output`
+
+```cpp
+// protected helper — call from wire_dag()
+std::string find_downstream_output(const std::vector<EffectDAGNode>& dag) const;
+```
+
+Returns `output_nodes[0]` of the first direct downstream consumer in the DAG,
+or `""` if none exists.  The helper is agnostic about node semantics — it is
+the **caller's responsibility** to reject unsuitable results (e.g. `"sink"` or
+any other external/terminal node whose texture is not owned by the registry).
+
+`post_render` also null-checks the source texture as a belt-and-suspenders
+guard:
+
+```cpp
+WGPUTexture src_tex = nodes.get_texture(cnn_output_node_);
+if (!src_tex) return;  // external view — no owned texture to copy
+```
 
 ### Node System