# Layer Skipping

> Bypassing intermediate layers to call a distant layer directly, undermining the layering.

Record: `lexicon:layer-skipping`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-layer-skipping

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Layer Leakage](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/layer-leakage.md) and before [Monolithic Transform Function](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/monolithic-transform-function.md).

## Category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## Negated by

- [Layered Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/layered-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)