diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cbedc3..5b6f63f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ meshy-cli image-to-3d create --image-url https://example.com/cat.png
 # smart topology: component-aware low-poly with a native polycount
 meshy-cli image-to-3d create --image-url cat.png --model-type smart-topology --target-polycount 10000
 
+# ultra: an extra Meshy 7 geometry pass for finer surface detail (standard mode, single image)
+meshy-cli image-to-3d create --image-url cat.png --ultra-mode true
+
+# retexture from several views of the same object instead of one style reference
+meshy-cli retexture create --input-task-id <id> --multiview-image-urls front.png,side.png,back.png
+
 # fire-and-forget (--async): returns the task_id immediately, query later
 TASK=$(meshy-cli text-to-image create --prompt "mountain landscape" --async | jq -r .task_id)
 meshy-cli text-to-image get  "$TASK"
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ overwrite. Without `-o`, the CLI keeps its pre-download JSON behavior
 
 Flags that take a media source (`--image-url`, `--image-urls`,
 `--reference-image-urls`, `--texture-image-url`, `--image-style-url`,
-`--model-url`) accept:
+`--multiview-image-urls`, `--model-url`) accept:
 
 - **http(s) URLs** — preflighted with HEAD so unreachable sources fail fast.
 - **Local file paths** — absolute or relative to cwd. MIME-sniffed via magic
diff --git a/skills/meshy-cli/SKILL.md b/skills/meshy-cli/SKILL.md
index 36d61fd..79c1c96 100644
--- a/skills/meshy-cli/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/meshy-cli/SKILL.md
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ These are API rules, not preferences — ignoring them produces failed tasks:
   explicitly asked for.
 - `image-to-3d` defaults to an untextured draft mesh; `--should-texture true`
   (what `make` uses) produces a textured model in one task.
+- **The model set is not the same on every endpoint.** The image-driven
+  endpoints run Meshy 7 by default; `text-to-3d` has no Meshy 7 at all and its
+  default is still Meshy 6. So `--ultra-mode` (an extra Meshy 7 geometry pass,
+  billed on top) exists on `image-to-3d` alone, and `retexture`'s
+  `--multiview-image-urls` needs Meshy 7 — it takes 1-4 views of **the same
+  object**, not 1-4 style references, and cannot be combined with
+  `--text-style-prompt` or `--image-style-url`.
 
 ## Finding an animation id
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/image-to-3d.ts b/src/cmd/image-to-3d.ts
index 464c6b5..f0886cb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/image-to-3d.ts
+++ b/src/cmd/image-to-3d.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
  * image-to-3d — https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/image-to-3d
  *
  * The mode IS the model — there is no model flag:
- *   - standard → meshy-6 (server default "latest") — full-detail generation;
+ *   - standard → meshy-7 (server default "latest") — full-detail generation;
  *     polycount is remesh's job afterwards.
  *   - smart-topology → meshy-t2 (server default) — component-aware low-poly
  *     with a native --target-polycount; the budget pick for game-ready
  *     geometry.
+ *
+ * --ultra-mode rides on standard only: the API gates ultra_mode on meshy-7,
+ * so pairing it with smart-topology is rejected here rather than on the wire.
  */
 
 import { Option } from "commander";
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
         .addOption(
           new Option(
             "--model-type <kind>",
-            "standard (default; meshy-6 full-detail generation) | smart-topology (meshy-t2 component-aware low-poly: clean topology, separated parts)",
+            "standard (default; meshy-7 full-detail generation) | smart-topology (meshy-t2 component-aware low-poly: clean topology, separated parts)",
           ).choices(["standard", "smart-topology"]),
         )
         .option(
@@ -42,6 +45,11 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
           "smart-topology only: target triangle count, 100-15000 (default: 10000). For standard outputs use remesh",
           parseInt10,
         )
+        .option(
+          "--ultra-mode <bool>",
+          "standard mode only: extra Meshy 7 pass for finer surface detail (default: false; billed on top of the mesh)",
+          parseBool,
+        )
         .option(
           "--should-texture <bool>",
           "generate textures (default: false — draft white mesh, the preview stage; texture later with retexture)",
@@ -87,6 +95,12 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
           "--target-polycount applies to --model-type smart-topology only; for standard outputs chain `remesh` afterwards",
         );
       }
+      // ultra_mode is gated on meshy-7, which only standard mode resolves to.
+      if (opts.ultraMode === true && smart) {
+        throw new UsageError(
+          "--ultra-mode applies to --model-type standard only (it needs meshy-7; smart-topology runs meshy-t2)",
+        );
+      }
       // The API rejects texture knobs on untextured runs; catch it before the wire.
       if (opts.shouldTexture !== true && !opts.data) {
         for (const [flag, value] of [
@@ -106,6 +120,7 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
         input_task_id: opts.inputTaskId,
         model_type: opts.modelType,
         target_polycount: opts.targetPolycount,
+        ultra_mode: opts.ultraMode,
         should_texture: opts.shouldTexture,
         enable_pbr: opts.enablePbr,
         texture_prompt: opts.texturePrompt,
@@ -122,10 +137,11 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
       // texturing is its own step, and the API rejects texture knobs on
       // untextured runs, so they ride only when texturing is on — then the
       // game-ready defaults apply: full PBR map set, 4k base color. The
-      // model is not a choice — it follows the mode (standard → meshy-6,
+      // model is not a choice — it follows the mode (standard → meshy-7,
       // smart-topology → meshy-t2, both server defaults). Smart topology
-      // gets the rigging-friendly 10k polycount. GLB-only output — omitting
-      // target_formats makes the API produce every format.
+      // gets the rigging-friendly 10k polycount. ultra_mode stays off unless
+      // asked for: it bills extra. GLB-only output — omitting target_formats
+      // makes the API produce every format.
       const texturing = opts.shouldTexture === true;
       return {
         should_texture: false,
diff --git a/src/cmd/multi-image-to-3d.ts b/src/cmd/multi-image-to-3d.ts
index 9d8b1a1..be39358 100644
--- a/src/cmd/multi-image-to-3d.ts
+++ b/src/cmd/multi-image-to-3d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * multi-image-to-3d — https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/multi-image-to-3d
+ *
+ * No model flag, same as the other 3D generation commands: the server default
+ * "latest" applies, which is meshy-7 here. Note ultra_mode does NOT exist on
+ * this endpoint (the API silently ignores it) — it is single-image only.
  */
 
 import { Option } from "commander";
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
       // Draft-first, matching image-to-3d: white mesh by default, texturing
       // is its own step; texture knobs ride only when texturing is on (the
       // API rejects them otherwise), then game-ready values apply. No model
-      // choice — the server default (latest = meshy-6) applies.
+      // choice — the server default (latest = meshy-7) applies.
       const texturing = opts.shouldTexture === true;
       return {
         should_texture: false,
diff --git a/src/cmd/retexture.ts b/src/cmd/retexture.ts
index 04fa5ea..d112191 100644
--- a/src/cmd/retexture.ts
+++ b/src/cmd/retexture.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 /**
  * retexture — https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/retexture
+ *
+ * Three mutually exclusive style inputs: a text prompt, one style image, or
+ * --multiview-image-urls (1-4 views OF THE SAME OBJECT, element 0 being the
+ * front reference).
+ *
+ * Multi-view is the one place this CLI names a model. The endpoint's gate is
+ * literal: `multiview_image_urls requires ai_model meshy-7` is returned even
+ * for ai_model "latest" and for an omitted ai_model, so leaving the model to
+ * the server — what every other 3D command here does — is a guaranteed 400.
+ * (image-to-3d's comparable ultra_mode gate accepts both, which is why only
+ * this command pins a version.) It is pinned in the defaults layer, so
+ * `--data '{"ai_model":"..."}'` still wins if the gate ever loosens.
  */
 
 import { Option } from "commander";
@@ -23,6 +35,11 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
           "--image-style-url <src>",
           "style reference image (URL or local path); mutually exclusive with --text-style-prompt",
         )
+        .option(
+          "--multiview-image-urls <csv>",
+          "1-4 views of the SAME object as CSV, first entry is the front reference; each is a URL or local file path. Mutually exclusive with the two style flags",
+          parseCsv,
+        )
         .option("--enable-original-uv <bool>", "reuse the model's original UVs (default: true)", parseBool)
         .option(
           "--enable-pbr <bool>",
@@ -47,17 +64,32 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
       if (!opts.inputTaskId && !opts.modelUrl && !opts.data) {
         throw new UsageError("provide --input-task-id or --model-url");
       }
-      if (!opts.textStylePrompt && !opts.imageStyleUrl && !opts.data) {
-        throw new UsageError("provide --text-style-prompt or --image-style-url");
+      const multiview = opts.multiviewImageUrls as string[] | undefined;
+      if (!opts.textStylePrompt && !opts.imageStyleUrl && !multiview?.length && !opts.data) {
+        throw new UsageError(
+          "provide --text-style-prompt, --image-style-url or --multiview-image-urls",
+        );
       }
-      if (opts.textStylePrompt && opts.imageStyleUrl) {
-        throw new UsageError("--text-style-prompt and --image-style-url are mutually exclusive");
+      // The API takes exactly one style input; picking for the caller would
+      // silently drop the other one, so refuse instead.
+      const styleFlags = [
+        ["--text-style-prompt", Boolean(opts.textStylePrompt)],
+        ["--image-style-url", Boolean(opts.imageStyleUrl)],
+        ["--multiview-image-urls", Boolean(multiview?.length)],
+      ] as const;
+      const given = styleFlags.filter(([, set]) => set).map(([flag]) => flag);
+      if (given.length > 1) {
+        throw new UsageError(`${given.join(" and ")} are mutually exclusive`);
+      }
+      if (multiview && (multiview.length < 1 || multiview.length > 4)) {
+        throw new UsageError("--multiview-image-urls takes 1-4 images of the same object");
       }
       return {
         input_task_id: opts.inputTaskId,
         model_url: opts.modelUrl,
         text_style_prompt: opts.textStylePrompt,
         image_style_url: opts.imageStyleUrl,
+        multiview_image_urls: multiview,
         enable_original_uv: opts.enableOriginalUv,
         enable_pbr: opts.enablePbr,
         texture_resolution: opts.textureResolution,
@@ -65,9 +97,13 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
         target_formats: opts.targetFormats,
       };
     },
-    toDefaults() {
-      // Game-ready defaults (agent-ts parity); see image-to-3d.
+    toDefaults(opts) {
+      // Game-ready defaults (agent-ts parity); see image-to-3d. The one model
+      // pin in the 3D surface rides here — see the header note on the literal
+      // meshy-7 gate.
+      const multiview = (opts.multiviewImageUrls as string[] | undefined)?.length;
       return {
+        ai_model: multiview ? "meshy-7" : undefined,
         enable_pbr: true,
         texture_resolution: "4k",
         target_formats: ["glb"],
@@ -78,3 +114,6 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
 };
 
 export const retextureCommand = buildResourceCommand(spec);
+
+/** Exported for tests: the meshy-7 pin is a wire contract, not a preference. */
+export const retextureSpec = spec;
diff --git a/src/cmd/text-to-3d.ts b/src/cmd/text-to-3d.ts
index 70c9162..0a849b4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/text-to-3d.ts
+++ b/src/cmd/text-to-3d.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
  * The flag surface is deliberately minimal: topology and polycount are
  * remesh's job, resizing is resize's job, deprecated parameters
  * (symmetry_mode, lowpoly) are gone, and there is no model choice — the
- * server default (latest = meshy-6) applies. The `--data` escape hatch
- * still reaches anything the API accepts.
+ * server default "latest" applies. Unlike the image-driven endpoints, this
+ * one has no meshy-7: its model set is meshy-5 / meshy-6 / latest, and
+ * "latest" is still Meshy 6. The `--data` escape hatch still reaches
+ * anything the API accepts.
  */
 
 import { Option } from "commander";
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ const spec: ResourceCommandSpec = {
     toDefaults(opts) {
       // Game-ready refine defaults: full PBR map set and 4k textures, priced
       // the same as the API's bare defaults. The model is not a choice —
-      // the server default (latest = meshy-6) applies; override via --data.
+      // the server default (latest, still Meshy 6 on this endpoint) applies;
+      // override via --data.
       // GLB-only output — omitting target_formats makes the API produce
       // every format.
       const refine = opts.mode === "refine";
diff --git a/src/internal/file-input.ts b/src/internal/file-input.ts
index 7ace4e6..b832c09 100644
--- a/src/internal/file-input.ts
+++ b/src/internal/file-input.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export const IMAGE_FIELDS = {
     "imageStyleUrl",  // retexture
   ] as const,
   list: [
-    "imageUrls",           // multi-image-to-3d
-    "referenceImageUrls",  // image-to-image
+    "imageUrls",            // multi-image-to-3d
+    "referenceImageUrls",   // image-to-image
+    "multiviewImageUrls",   // retexture
   ] as const,
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/file-input.test.ts b/tests/file-input.test.ts
index fb5e3b2..b361412 100644
--- a/tests/file-input.test.ts
+++ b/tests/file-input.test.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,23 @@ test("resolveImageFields — list flag expands each entry (mix of local + URL)",
   }
 });
 
+test("resolveImageFields — retexture's multi-view list resolves local paths too", async () => {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "meshy-img-"));
+  const front = join(dir, "front.png");
+  writeFileSync(front, await tinyPng());
+
+  const restore = installFetch(() => new Response(null, { status: 200 }));
+  try {
+    const opts = { multiviewImageUrls: [front, "https://example.com/back.png"] };
+    await resolveImageFields(opts);
+    const urls = opts.multiviewImageUrls as string[];
+    assert.match(urls[0]!, /^data:image\/png;base64,/);
+    assert.equal(urls[1], "https://example.com/back.png");
+  } finally {
+    restore();
+  }
+});
+
 test("resolveImageFields — data: URIs rejected with helpful message", async () => {
   await assert.rejects(
     () => resolveImageFields({ imageUrl: "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgo=" }),
diff --git a/tests/surface.test.ts b/tests/surface.test.ts
index 3504d10..9191e41 100644
--- a/tests/surface.test.ts
+++ b/tests/surface.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import test from "node:test";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import type { Command } from "commander";
 import { buildRootCommand } from "../src/root.js";
+import { retextureSpec } from "../src/cmd/retexture.js";
 
 const root = buildRootCommand();
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ test("image-to-3d gained the smart-topology surface and task chaining", () => {
 
 test("the mode is the model: no model flag on the 3D generation commands", () => {
   // After culling meshy-5/meshy-t1, each mode has exactly one model
-  // (standard → meshy-6, smart-topology → meshy-t2), so --ai-model is gone
+  // (standard → meshy-7, smart-topology → meshy-t2), so --ai-model is gone
   // from 3D generation — the 2D image commands keep theirs. text-to-3d also
   // lost --model-type (lowpoly was the t1-era engine).
   for (const resource of ["text-to-3d", "image-to-3d", "multi-image-to-3d"]) {
@@ -96,6 +97,40 @@ test("the mode is the model: no model flag on the 3D generation commands", () =>
   }
 });
 
+test("the Meshy 7 surface: ultra-mode is single-image only, multi-view is retexture only", () => {
+  // ultra_mode exists on /image-to-3d and nowhere else — the API silently
+  // ignores it on multi-image-to-3d, which is worse than rejecting it, so the
+  // flag must not appear there and invite the assumption that it worked.
+  assert.ok(createFlags("image-to-3d").has("--ultra-mode"), "image-to-3d is missing --ultra-mode");
+  for (const resource of ["text-to-3d", "multi-image-to-3d", "retexture"]) {
+    assert.ok(!createFlags(resource).has("--ultra-mode"), `${resource} should not have --ultra-mode`);
+  }
+  // multiview_image_urls is retexture's third style input, not a generation flag.
+  assert.ok(
+    createFlags("retexture").has("--multiview-image-urls"),
+    "retexture is missing --multiview-image-urls",
+  );
+  for (const resource of ["image-to-3d", "multi-image-to-3d"]) {
+    assert.ok(
+      !createFlags(resource).has("--multiview-image-urls"),
+      `${resource} should not have --multiview-image-urls`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test("multi-view retexture pins ai_model meshy-7 — the endpoint rejects 'latest'", () => {
+  // Verified against production: /retexture answers
+  // "multiview_image_urls requires ai_model meshy-7" for an omitted ai_model
+  // AND for "latest". Dropping this pin is a guaranteed 400, so it is a wire
+  // contract rather than the usual leave-it-to-the-server default.
+  const defaults = retextureSpec.create.toDefaults!;
+  assert.equal(defaults({ multiviewImageUrls: ["a.png"] }).ai_model, "meshy-7");
+  // Every other style input keeps the no-model-choice contract.
+  assert.equal(defaults({ textStylePrompt: "gold" }).ai_model, undefined);
+  assert.equal(defaults({ multiviewImageUrls: [] }).ai_model, undefined);
+  assert.equal(defaults({}).ai_model, undefined);
+});
+
 test("2D image commands default to gpt-image-2 and share the aspect-ratio surface", () => {
   for (const resource of ["text-to-image", "image-to-image"]) {
     const create = sub(sub(root, resource), "create");