Layer

Layer is a living digital art platform that curates code-based generative artwork and ultra-high-resolution video art for everyday display. Its developer surface is an artist-facing, first-party TypeScript SDK (a browser global, $layer) that lets creators declare customizable parameters, register a canvas for screenshot capture, and supply generated video previews back to Layer Studio, alongside published guidelines for generative and Ultra Res artwork. Layer is a portfolio company of Bloomberg Beta and Emergence Capital, added to the API Evangelist network and enriched from its public developer documentation. Layer exposes a client-side SDK rather than a public REST/HTTP API.

Layer is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Digital Art, Generative Art, Creative Tools, and SDK.

Layer’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, API reference, and 5 more developer resources.

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13.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyDigital ArtGenerative ArtCreative ToolsSDKTypeScriptWebGLMedia

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Composite quality — 13.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/layer.png
name: Layer
description: Layer is a living digital art platform that curates code-based generative artwork and ultra-high-resolution video
  art for everyday display. Its developer surface is an artist-facing, first-party TypeScript SDK (a browser global, $layer)
  that lets creators declare customizable parameters, register a canvas for screenshot capture, and supply generated video
  previews back to Layer Studio, alongside published guidelines for generative and Ultra Res artwork. Layer is a portfolio
  company of Bloomberg Beta and Emergence Capital, added to the API Evangelist network and enriched from its public developer
  documentation. Layer exposes a client-side SDK rather than a public REST/HTTP API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/layer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Digital Art
- Generative Art
- Creative Tools
- SDK
- TypeScript
- WebGL
- Media
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
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  url: https://layer.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.layer.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.layer.com/generative/principles
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.layer.com/generative/layer-sdk
- type: Packages
  url: packages/layer-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/layer-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/layer-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/layer-domain-security.yml
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  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1