Claude AI Video Generator

Not by itself. Claude reads images and writes scripts, prompts and shot lists, but it has no video model. The Mage connector adds one. It is a remote MCP server that gives Claude tools to choose a Mage model, price a clip, start it on your Mage account, wait for it to render and hand back the finished MP4.

Unless you name another model, Claude makes video with Cherry 2 Pro, Mage's flagship: 4 to 30 seconds per clip at 480p, 720p or 1080p, in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, with sound. It takes your images as references, casts a saved character by @handle with that character's voice, and edits a source clip of 4 to 30 seconds. Ask for Lemon when you need an exact first and last frame, or Cherry Mini for cheap drafts.

Claude makes video wherever it can use connectors: on the web, in the desktop and mobile apps, in Cowork, and in Claude Code in your terminal. Connecting is free, and each clip is paid in Gems from your Mage account.

The connector gives Claude 16 tools, and five of them do most of the video work. list_models and get_model let Claude choose a model and read its lengths, resolutions and rules. estimate_cost prices the exact clip, and catches a setting the model would refuse before anything is charged. generate starts the clip, and get_request waits for it and returns the file. cancel_request stops a clip you no longer want, but its Gems are not refunded, so read the quote first.

The other tools connect Claude to what you already have on Mage. list_characters and list_references show your saved characters, outfits, poses, locations, objects and voice clips by @handle. create_character saves a new character from a photo link, with an optional voice clip trimmed to 10 seconds. list_history shows your last 30 days of generations, including ones you made in the Mage app, so a request such as "animate the portrait I made this morning" works. search_creations finds what you saved, and get_account shows your balance and how many generations are running.

A few jobs have ready-made Mage skills that Claude follows step by step: UGC Video for creator-style product clips, Faceless Video for narrated explainers, and Short Drama for scripted scenes with a saved cast. Browse them on the skills page. For still images in the same chat, see the Claude AI image generator.

Mage reads media from links, not from chat attachments. Give Claude a direct https link to the image or video file itself, or point it at a result from earlier in the chat. A YouTube or TikTok page is not a file, so ask the person who shared it for a direct link. Small images can also travel inside the request as data of up to about 3 MB.

Claude Code removes that limit. It can upload a local file of up to 100 MB with create_upload, such as a clip to edit or a set of product photos, and download the finished video into your project.

Edits are the job most often held up by this. Cherry 2 Pro edits a source clip of 4 to 30 seconds, and the result keeps its length and framing. To change a clip in the browser instead, with nothing to link, use the AI video editor on Mage.

• Share direct file links, not page links.
• Use Claude Code for large local files.
• Trim a source clip to 4 to 30 seconds before an edit.
• Download each result: links last 30 days.

Video prices climb steeply with resolution and length, so the quote is the step to read. Ask Claude to price two or three versions before you commit, for example a 4-second draft at 480p and the 15-second final at 1080p. Cherry Mini is the cheapest Cherry for drafts, and Lemon balances price and quality.

If your balance is too low, Claude tells you instead of starting. Your plan's monthly Gems count toward clips made in Claude, but unlimited generation covers the Mage app, not clips started from an assistant. When a model's provider refuses a request, for example because it shows a real person or a copyrighted character, the clip fails and its Gems are refunded; change that part of the request rather than retrying it as is.

Batches need a little planning. Your account runs a limited number of generations at once, counting ones started in the Mage app, so ask Claude to start a long list in waves.

Brief it the way you would brief a director. Lead with the action, then the camera, then the light and the sound, and give the length and the shape: "10 seconds, 9:16, a slow push-in as she turns toward the window, rain on the glass, a distant train." Claude turns that into the model's prompt, but the details you give are the ones that survive.

Then iterate in the same conversation. "Same clip at dusk", "keep everything but make it 16:9", or "now a 4-second version for the intro" all work, because Claude keeps the prompt and the settings from the turn before. When a scene needs several shots, ask for them as separate clips with the same @character, then join them in Storyboard on Mage.

• Give the length, the aspect ratio and the resolution up front.
• Name the camera move: push-in, tracking, aerial, handheld.
• Use @handles for people so the face and voice stay the same.
• Ask for a price on the draft and the final before either runs.