diff --git a/cmake/ac_local_plugin_util.cmake b/cmake/ac_local_plugin_util.cmake
index e723ab60..09cbb196 100644
--- a/cmake/ac_local_plugin_util.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ac_local_plugin_util.cmake
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ const std::vector<ac::local::ModelLoaderPtr>& get_@nameSym@_model_loaders() {
                 FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${schemaHeader}"
             )
         endforeach()
+
+        target_link_libraries(${baselibTargetName} PUBLIC ac::schema)
+        target_link_libraries(${plibTargetName} PUBLIC ac::schema)
     endif()
 
     # add plugin
diff --git a/dummy-plugin/test/t-dummy-schema.cpp b/dummy-plugin/test/t-dummy-schema.cpp
index 20659d06..e48cf6f3 100644
--- a/dummy-plugin/test/t-dummy-schema.cpp
+++ b/dummy-plugin/test/t-dummy-schema.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 // Copyright (c) Alpaca Core
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
-#include <aclp-dummy-plib.hpp>
+#include <ac/local/Lib.hpp>
+#include <ac/local/Model.hpp>
+#include <ac/local/Instance.hpp>
 #include <ac/local/ModelLoaderRegistry.hpp>
 
+#include <ac/schema/Helpers.hpp>
+
 #include <ac-test-util/JalogFixture.inl>
 
 #include <doctest/doctest.h>
 
 #include <dummy-schema.hpp>
+#include <aclp-dummy-plib.hpp>
+#include <ac-test-data-dummy-models.h>
 
 struct LoadDummyFixture {
     LoadDummyFixture() {
@@ -19,5 +25,15 @@ struct LoadDummyFixture {
 LoadDummyFixture loadDummyFixture;
 
 TEST_CASE("dummy schema") {
+    auto model = ac::local::Lib::modelLoaderRegistry().createModel({
+        .inferenceType = "dummy",
+        .name = "synthetic"
+    }, {});
+
+    REQUIRE(!!model);
 
+    using Instance = ac::local::schema::Dummy::InstanceGeneral;
+    auto instance = Model_createInstance<Instance>(*model, {.cutoff = 2});
+    auto result = Instance_runOp<Instance::OpRun>(*instance, {.input = {"a", "b", "c"}});
+    CHECK(result.result == "a one b two c one");
 }
diff --git a/local/code/CMakeLists.txt b/local/code/CMakeLists.txt
index 17d3f498..46c6c52e 100644
--- a/local/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/local/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ target_link_libraries(ac-local
     PUBLIC
         ac::astl
         ac::dict
-        ac::schema
 )
 
 configure_file(
diff --git a/schema/code/CMakeLists.txt b/schema/code/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bdc7960..cb100299 100644
--- a/schema/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/schema/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ac-schema INTERFACE
     ac::dict
 )
 target_sources(ac-schema INTERFACE FILE_SET HEADERS FILES
+    ac/schema/Helpers.hpp
     ac/schema/TupleIndexByItemId.hpp
 )
 
diff --git a/schema/code/ac/schema/Helpers.hpp b/schema/code/ac/schema/Helpers.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..397a43b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/code/ac/schema/Helpers.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Alpaca Core
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+#pragma once
+#include <ac/local/Model.hpp>
+#include <ac/local/Instance.hpp>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace ac::local {
+
+template <typename Instance>
+auto Model_createInstance(Model& model, typename Instance::Params p) {
+    return model.createInstance(Instance::id, p.toDict());
+}
+
+template <typename Op>
+typename Op::Return Instance_runOp(Instance& instance, typename Op::Params p, ProgressCb cb = {}) {
+    return Op::Return::fromDict(instance.runOp(Op::id, p.toDict(), std::move(cb)));
+}
+
+} // namespace ac::local
diff --git a/schema/code/generate-cpp-for-ac-model-schema.rb b/schema/code/generate-cpp-for-ac-model-schema.rb
index 336c4500..05e0356a 100644
--- a/schema/code/generate-cpp-for-ac-model-schema.rb
+++ b/schema/code/generate-cpp-for-ac-model-schema.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ def generate_struct(lines, name, data, indent)
   lines << "#{indent}        return ret;"
   lines << "#{indent}    }"
 
+  lines << "#{indent}    static #{name.pascal_case} fromDict(Dict&& dict) {"
+  lines << "#{indent}        return fromDict(dict);"
+  lines << "#{indent}    }"
+
   lines << ''
 
   lines << "#{indent}    Dict toDict() {"