diff --git a/packages/ui/src/utils/genericHelper.js b/packages/ui/src/utils/genericHelper.js
index 4243f9a433c..bf4447d3542 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/utils/genericHelper.js
+++ b/packages/ui/src/utils/genericHelper.js
@@ -2,25 +2,18 @@ import { uniq } from 'lodash'
 import moment from 'moment'
 
 export const getUniqueNodeId = (nodeData, nodes) => {
-    // Get amount of same nodes
-    let totalSameNodes = 0
-    for (let i = 0; i < nodes.length; i += 1) {
-        const node = nodes[i]
-        if (node.data.name === nodeData.name) {
-            totalSameNodes += 1
-        }
-    }
+    let suffix = 0
 
-    // Get unique id
-    let nodeId = `${nodeData.name}_${totalSameNodes}`
-    for (let i = 0; i < nodes.length; i += 1) {
-        const node = nodes[i]
-        if (node.id === nodeId) {
-            totalSameNodes += 1
-            nodeId = `${nodeData.name}_${totalSameNodes}`
-        }
+    // Construct base ID
+    let baseId = `${nodeData.name}_${suffix}`
+
+    // Increment suffix until a unique ID is found
+    while (nodes.some((node) => node.id === baseId)) {
+        suffix += 1
+        baseId = `${nodeData.name}_${suffix}`
     }
-    return nodeId
+
+    return baseId
 }
 
 export const initializeDefaultNodeData = (nodeParams) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/views/canvas/AddNodes.jsx b/packages/ui/src/views/canvas/AddNodes.jsx
index e7ce0873907..e3e54383cb8 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/views/canvas/AddNodes.jsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/views/canvas/AddNodes.jsx
@@ -54,9 +54,16 @@ function a11yProps(index) {
     }
 }
 
-const blacklistCategoriesForAgentCanvas = ['Agents', 'Memory', 'Record Manager']
-const allowedAgentModel = {}
-const exceptions = {
+const blacklistCategoriesForAgentCanvas = ['Agents', 'Memory', 'Record Manager', 'Utilities']
+
+// Show blacklisted nodes (exceptions) for agent canvas
+const exceptionsForAgentCanvas = {
+    Memory: ['agentMemory'],
+    Utilities: ['getVariable', 'setVariable', 'stickyNote']
+}
+
+// Hide some nodes from the chatflow canvas
+const blacklistForChatflowCanvas = {
     Memory: ['agentMemory']
 }
 
@@ -87,11 +94,16 @@ const AddNodes = ({ nodesData, node, isAgentCanvas }) => {
         filterSearch(searchValue, newValue)
     }
 
-    const addException = () => {
+    const addException = (category) => {
         let nodes = []
-        for (const category in exceptions) {
-            const nodeNames = exceptions[category]
-            nodes.push(...nodesData.filter((nd) => nd.category === category && nodeNames.includes(nd.name)))
+        if (category) {
+            const nodeNames = exceptionsForAgentCanvas[category] || []
+            nodes = nodesData.filter((nd) => nd.category === category && nodeNames.includes(nd.name))
+        } else {
+            for (const category in exceptionsForAgentCanvas) {
+                const nodeNames = exceptionsForAgentCanvas[category]
+                nodes.push(...nodesData.filter((nd) => nd.category === category && nodeNames.includes(nd.name)))
+            }
         }
         return nodes
     }
@@ -108,7 +120,13 @@ const AddNodes = ({ nodesData, node, isAgentCanvas }) => {
             })
             return passed
         }
-        const nodes = nodesData.filter((nd) => nd.category !== 'Multi Agents' && nd.category !== 'Sequential Agents')
+        let nodes = nodesData.filter((nd) => nd.category !== 'Multi Agents' && nd.category !== 'Sequential Agents')
+
+        for (const category in blacklistForChatflowCanvas) {
+            const nodeNames = blacklistForChatflowCanvas[category]
+            nodes = nodes.filter((nd) => !nodeNames.includes(nd.name))
+        }
+
         const passed = nodes.filter((nd) => {
             const passesName = nd.name.toLowerCase().includes(value.toLowerCase())
             const passesLabel = nd.label.toLowerCase().includes(value.toLowerCase())
@@ -163,18 +181,12 @@ const AddNodes = ({ nodesData, node, isAgentCanvas }) => {
                     const nodes = result[category].filter((nd) => !nd.tags || !nd.tags.includes('LlamaIndex'))
                     if (!nodes.length) continue
 
-                    // Only allow specific models for specific categories
-                    if (Object.keys(allowedAgentModel).includes(category)) {
-                        const allowedModels = allowedAgentModel[category]
-                        filteredResult[category] = nodes.filter((nd) => allowedModels.includes(nd.name))
-                    } else {
-                        filteredResult[category] = nodes
-                    }
+                    filteredResult[category] = nodes
                 }
 
-                // Allow exceptions
-                if (Object.keys(exceptions).includes(category)) {
-                    filteredResult[category] = addException()
+                // Allow exceptionsForAgentCanvas
+                if (Object.keys(exceptionsForAgentCanvas).includes(category)) {
+                    filteredResult[category] = addException(category)
                 }
             }
             setNodes(filteredResult)
@@ -197,8 +209,13 @@ const AddNodes = ({ nodesData, node, isAgentCanvas }) => {
                 if (category === 'Multi Agents' || category === 'Sequential Agents') {
                     continue
                 }
+                if (Object.keys(blacklistForChatflowCanvas).includes(category)) {
+                    const nodes = blacklistForChatflowCanvas[category]
+                    result[category] = result[category].filter((nd) => !nodes.includes(nd.name))
+                }
                 filteredResult[category] = result[category]
             }
+
             setNodes(filteredResult)
             setCategoryExpanded(accordianCategories)
         }