HumanLayer

What is HumanLayer?

HumanLayer is a multiplayer coding agent IDE and cloud platform that groups agent sessions, plan artifacts, and code diffs into shared workspaces for engineering teams. It runs locally via a daemon or in the cloud, syncing across web, desktop, and mobile interfaces through its API. Users bring their own AI subscriptions or API keys rather than paying per-token fees to HumanLayer.

What are the features of HumanLayer?

• Task workspaces

  Groups agent sessions, artifacts, and worktrees so teams can collaborate on a single task from creation to implementation.
• Structured workflow phases

  Guides agents through questions, research, design, structure, planning, and implementation steps with checkpoints for team review.
• Comment-driven artifact review

  Allows humans and agents to leave inline comments on versioned design documents, feeding decisions directly back to the agents.
• Local and cloud daemons

  Runs multiple agent sessions in parallel on a workstation or spins up remote workers for long-running background tasks.
• Multi-repo worktree provisioning

  Creates isolated worktrees across selected repositories when spinning up a new task.
• Agent harness compatibility

  Supports external coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and Fireworks using user-provided keys.

What are the use cases of HumanLayer?

• Enterprise codebase refactoring

  Applying structured workflows to million-line-of-code repositories by mapping dependencies and patterns before implementation.
• Cross-team design alignment

  Engineers and product managers reviewing agent-drafted design docs together, resolving conflicts like UI hotkey overlaps before code generation begins.
• Unattended background execution

  Launching long-running agent sessions on cloud daemons that continue working after the local laptop is closed.

How to use HumanLayer?

1. Create a task

   Select a directory or repository, describe the work inline or import it from a Linear or Jira ticket, and choose a workflow such as RPI or Oneshot.
2. Configure worktrees

   Provision isolated worktrees for one or more selected repositories, either immediately or deferred to the agent.
3. Select an agent

   Assign a supported model or agent harness, such as Claude Opus 4.5, to execute the task.
4. Launch the session

   Start the first agent session, which provisions the workspace and begins executing the chosen workflow phases.

HumanLayer Pricing Information:

• Starter

  Free; includes up to 3 team members and up to 200 sessions per month.
• Pro

  $100 per user per month; includes unlimited tasks and sessions, bring-your-own-key support, multi-repo workspaces, remote daemons, and real-time collaboration features.
• Enterprise

  Custom pricing; adds SSO/SAML, audit logs, volume pricing, custom terms, and on-premises or private VPC deployment options.