Guide
How to make a video with Claude
Claude can write a great script. With Typecut connected, it can also voice it, score it, find or make every picture, animate the scenes and check its own work.
Set it up
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Add Typecut to Claude
In Claude, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste the address. In Claude Code, run the command below.
claude mcp add --transport http typecut https://app.typecut.ai/api/v1/mcp - 2
Sign in once
Claude sends you to Typecut to approve the connection. No API key needed.
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Describe the film
For example: “Make a 5-minute explainer on how bees choose a new home, calm narrator, paper-cut style.”
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Watch and adjust
Open the project link Claude gives you. Ask Claude for changes, or edit in the Typecut editor yourself.
What your AI does next
The same steps, in order, whichever AI runs them.
create_projectLays the film out: chapters, then scenes, with the narration for each.voice_projectVoices the script. Every word gets a start and an end time.set_musicPicks or makes the music and lays a beat grid under the film.find_mediaFinds pictures and clips for each line, or makes new ones.put_scenesBuilds the scenes, timed to the words and the beat.lookLooks at its own frames and fixes what is off before you watch.
Questions
Which Claude plans work?
Any Claude plan that can add custom connectors, and Claude Code.
Can Claude see the video it makes?
Yes. Typecut shows Claude frames and motion from its own scenes, and checks that sound and picture line up, so it can fix mistakes before you watch.
How long can the film be?
As long as your plan allows: 3 minutes on the free plan, up to 2 hours on Scale.