layer
Layer
Overview
Layer generates images, video, 3D meshes, and audio from one model-agnostic request shape. Work is priced in Creative Units (CUs) and billed to a workspace. Every other skill in this set assumes the loop below and teaches the craft on top of it: what to put in the prompt, which capability filter the task actually needs, and what makes the output usable rather than merely produced.
Connecting a client, authentication, and the REST equivalent of all of this are covered by Layer's
published layer-connect-mcp and layer-generate-assets skills. The server is
https://mcp.app.layer.ai/mcp over streamable HTTP with OAuth. Call get_instructions once per
session before the first generation, and get_forge_instructions before the first forge run.
Two ways to generate. Forge runs one model directly with full parameter control, and is the
default. Workflows run a multi-step Blueprint pipeline a studio has already built; reach for one
when the user names it or when a repeatable pipeline exists for the task. See layer-workflows.