Override configuration of a GitLab CI/CD Component

If I have a GitLab CI/CD Component, is there a way to override configuration values? I'm specifically thinking of things like needs or rules. spec:inputs seems to be the only way to pass configuration information but it is very limited, only supporting strings, numbers and booleans. This is what I would like to do:

templates/publish.yml

spec:
  inputs:
    job-name:
      default: Publish
    stage:
      default: Publish
    rules:
      default: []
    needs:
      default: []
---
$[[ inputs.job-name ]]:
  image: python:3.12.2-alpine3.19
  stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
  rules: $[[ inputs.rules ]]
  needs: $[[ inputs.needs ]]
  script:
    ...

gitlab-ci.yml

include:
  - component: $CI_SERVER_HOST/components/publish@latest
    inputs:
      stage: Publish
      needs:
        - job: Build
      rules:
        if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH

stages:
  - Build
  - Publish

Build:
  ...

I thought CI/CD Components were supposed to be a better way to reuse jobs but so far it seems much more restrictive than extending a hidden job. What am I missing?

Solution

The feature I was looking for already exists just by overriding properties on the job after including the component as sytech pointed out. This is what I was looking for

templates/publish.yml

spec:
  inputs:
    job-name:
      default: Publish
    stage:
      default: Publish
---
$[[ inputs.job-name ]]:
  image: python:3.12.2-alpine3.19
  stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
  script:
    ...

gitlab-ci.yml

include:
  - component: $CI_SERVER_HOST/components/publish/publish@~latest

Publish: # This is the included job
  needs: # Add needs
    - job: Build
  rules: # Add rules
    if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH

stages:
  - Build
  - Publish

Build:
  ...