diff --git a/notebooks/deepdive.ipynb b/notebooks/deepdive.ipynb
index b2917fc8..e0816e96 100644
--- a/notebooks/deepdive.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/deepdive.ipynb
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@
        "</svg>\n"
       ],
       "text/plain": [
-       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x13c461590>"
+       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x136c09850>"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 41,
@@ -1928,6 +1928,44 @@
     "digit_counter(12345)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "5093b50f-3d2e-41ef-8e66-6bb884a0f027",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Dictionary representation\n",
+    "\n",
+    "You can get a simple dictionary representation of a given workflow/macro connecting the node and channel (i.e. node and edge in graph parlance) full labels to their python objects:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 47,
+   "id": "9d2cab07-0e64-495f-accd-338eef3e2822",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "{'nodes': {'/HowManyDigits/as_str': <pyiron_workflow.nodes.standard.String at 0x136c2db50>,\n",
+       "  '/HowManyDigits/digits': <pyiron_workflow.nodes.standard.Length at 0x136c15850>},\n",
+       " 'edges': {'data': {('/HowManyDigits/as_str.str',\n",
+       "    '/HowManyDigits/digits.obj'): (<pyiron_workflow.mixin.injection.OutputDataWithInjection at 0x136c155d0>,\n",
+       "    <pyiron_workflow.channels.InputData at 0x136c49290>)},\n",
+       "  'signal': {('/HowManyDigits/as_str.ran',\n",
+       "    '/HowManyDigits/digits.accumulate_and_run'): (<pyiron_workflow.channels.OutputSignal at 0x136be05d0>,\n",
+       "    <pyiron_workflow.channels.AccumulatingInputSignal at 0x136c49450>)}}}"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 47,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "digit_counter.graph_as_dict"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "22d2fdcf-0206-497d-9344-a71e3472a2c0",
@@ -1942,7 +1980,7 @@
   },
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    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 47,
+   "execution_count": 48,
    "id": "9aaeeec0-5f88-4c94-a6cc-45b56d2f0111",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
@@ -1958,7 +1996,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 48,
+   "execution_count": 49,
    "id": "26a080dc-acaf-45bb-9935-7a42ff8d9552",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -1968,7 +2006,7 @@
        "{'digits_in_sum_plus_5': None}"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 48,
+     "execution_count": 49,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -1987,7 +2025,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 49,
+   "execution_count": 50,
    "id": "ea97df98-881e-4a99-a0ad-81c048fe0520",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -1997,7 +2035,7 @@
        "{'digits_in_sum_plus_5': 2}"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 49,
+     "execution_count": 50,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -2017,7 +2055,7 @@
   },
   {
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-   "execution_count": 50,
+   "execution_count": 51,
    "id": "71413b60-2bbb-4cde-af20-598ea2d0b463",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -2436,10 +2474,10 @@
        "</svg>\n"
       ],
       "text/plain": [
-       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x13c523850>"
+       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x136c69a90>"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 50,
+     "execution_count": 51,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -2451,7 +2489,7 @@
   },
   {
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-   "execution_count": 51,
+   "execution_count": 52,
    "id": "630a9ffa-a157-4a1b-8d50-186513454088",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -3508,10 +3546,10 @@
        "</svg>\n"
       ],
       "text/plain": [
-       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x13c538250>"
+       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x136c76350>"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 51,
+     "execution_count": 52,
      "metadata": {},
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     }
@@ -3523,7 +3561,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 52,
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@@ -3846,10 +3884,10 @@
        "</svg>\n"
       ],
       "text/plain": [
-       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x13c54c450>"
+       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x136c8e3d0>"
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-     "execution_count": 52,
+     "execution_count": 53,
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@@ -3891,7 +3929,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 53,
+   "execution_count": 54,
    "id": "aa575249-b209-4e0c-9ea6-a82bc69dc833",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -3900,7 +3938,7 @@
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
       "None 1\n",
-      "<Future at 0x13c69d110 state=finished returned int> 5\n"
+      "<Future at 0x136c8d750 state=finished returned int> 5\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -3927,7 +3965,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 54,
+   "execution_count": 55,
    "id": "c1b7b4e9-1c76-470c-ba6e-a58ea3f611f6",
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    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 55,
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@@ -3977,7 +4015,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 56,
+   "execution_count": 57,
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      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
       "None 1\n",
-      "<Future at 0x13c43f610 state=finished returned int> 5\n",
+      "<Future at 0x136b8df10 state=finished returned int> 5\n",
       "Finally 5\n",
       "b (Add):\n",
       "Inputs ['obj', 'other']\n",
@@ -4025,7 +4063,7 @@
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   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 57,
+   "execution_count": 58,
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@@ -4039,7 +4077,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 58,
+   "execution_count": 59,
    "id": "a7c07aa0-84fc-4f43-aa4f-6498c0837d76",
    "metadata": {},
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@@ -4047,7 +4085,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "6.015308832982555\n"
+      "6.013603942992631\n"
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@@ -4071,7 +4109,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 59,
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    "id": "b062ab5f-9b98-4843-8925-b93bf4c173f8",
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      "name": "stdout",
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      "text": [
-      "3.8395268750027753\n"
+      "4.179039627022576\n"
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@@ -4138,7 +4176,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 60,
+   "execution_count": 61,
    "id": "0b373764-b389-4c24-8086-f3d33a4f7fd7",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -4206,7 +4244,7 @@
        "4    4    5"
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-     "execution_count": 60,
+     "execution_count": 61,
      "metadata": {},
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     }
@@ -4233,7 +4271,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 61,
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    "id": "6f486c87-f3d4-405f-a759-2ada12cb45e2",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -4486,7 +4524,7 @@
        "15  2  6  8  10      2      6      8     10  e"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 61,
+     "execution_count": 62,
      "metadata": {},
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     }
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    "id": "10f284c8-9210-465f-b4d6-9aa4c0909b08",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -4585,7 +4623,7 @@
        "0  1  3  7  9      1      3      7      9  e"
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-     "execution_count": 62,
+     "execution_count": 63,
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    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
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        "4    4     14   18"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 63,
+     "execution_count": 64,
      "metadata": {},
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     }
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-   "execution_count": 64,
+   "execution_count": 65,
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@@ -4744,7 +4782,7 @@
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        "</svg>\n"
       ],
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-       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x13c7479d0>"
+       "<graphviz.graphs.Digraph at 0x136e99450>"
       ]
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+     "execution_count": 66,
      "metadata": {},
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@@ -5224,7 +5262,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 66,
+   "execution_count": 67,
    "id": "32d1c20d-d484-434f-9b10-02ee17df4eee",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -5234,7 +5272,7 @@
        "{'greater': 6}"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 66,
+     "execution_count": 67,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -5253,7 +5291,7 @@
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-   "execution_count": 67,
+   "execution_count": 68,
    "id": "d44e90ad-4a96-4c0a-a4d2-0e3ed394479c",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -5274,7 +5312,7 @@
        " 'switch']"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 67,
+     "execution_count": 68,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -5293,7 +5331,7 @@
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+   "execution_count": 69,
    "id": "5814f830-fe47-4bce-b8f4-35df63565e6b",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -5303,7 +5341,7 @@
        "[2, 4, 6]"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 68,
+     "execution_count": 69,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -5322,7 +5360,7 @@
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    "metadata": {},
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@@ -5332,7 +5370,7 @@
        "6"
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-     "execution_count": 69,
+     "execution_count": 70,
      "metadata": {},
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     }
@@ -5369,7 +5407,7 @@
     {
      "data": {
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-       "{'always_new__rand': 598, 'cached__rand': 307}"
+       "{'always_new__rand': 205, 'cached__rand': 457}"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 71,
@@ -5412,7 +5450,7 @@
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
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+       "{'always_new__rand': 739, 'cached__rand': 457}"
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diff --git a/pyiron_workflow/nodes/composite.py b/pyiron_workflow/nodes/composite.py
index fb05331e..594505ab 100644
--- a/pyiron_workflow/nodes/composite.py
+++ b/pyiron_workflow/nodes/composite.py
@@ -401,6 +401,30 @@ def color(self) -> str:
         """For drawing the graph"""
         return SeabornColors.brown
 
+    @property
+    def graph_as_dict(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        A nested dictionary representation of the computation graph using full labels
+        as keys and objects as values.
+        """
+        return {
+            "nodes": {n.full_label: n for n in self},
+            "edges": {
+                "data": {
+                    (out.full_label, inp.full_label): (out, inp)
+                    for n in self
+                    for out in n.outputs
+                    for inp in out.connections
+                },
+                "signal": {
+                    (out.full_label, inp.full_label): (out, inp)
+                    for n in self
+                    for out in n.signals.output
+                    for inp in out.connections
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
     @property
     def package_requirements(self) -> set[str]:
         """