Can Claude make videos?

Yes. Add the FLORA MCP to Claude as a connector and Claude can make video clips: it generates a still with an image model, then animates it with a video model such as Seedance 2.5. In our run, a 5-second 720p clip with sound cost $2.457 and took about 4 minutes, plus $0.055 and 26 seconds for the still.

At a glance

What you need

• Claude with the FLORA MCP connector. Setup is in the Claude install guide.
• A FLORA account on a workspace with video generation.

Key features

• Still, then motion: Claude makes the first frame with an image model and animates it in the same chat.
• Quotes in dollars: Ask for a quote and FLORA returns the price before any video runs.
• Sound included: Seedance 2.5 clips come back with an audio track generated from the prompt.
• Canvas copy: Every clip lands on a FLORA canvas next to the still it came from.

Best for

• Short social clips and loops built from one approved frame
• Testing a motion idea before a shoot or an edit
• Teams that already plan and write in Claude
• Storyboard frames that need a quick moving version

Step by step

1. Step 1: Connect FLORA to Claude

   Add FLORA as a custom connector and sign in. The Claude install guide has the steps.

2. Step 2: Make or pick the first frame

   Ask Claude for the still, or give it an image. The clip inherits the subject, light and framing, so get the frame right first.

   Make a 16:9 still with FLORA, GPT Image 2.5 Flare: a fisherman in a worn yellow oilskin jacket at the end of a wooden pier at dawn, coiling a wet rope, grey sea and low fog behind him. Natural muted colors, soft overcast light, 35mm documentary photograph.

3. Step 3: Describe the motion and get a quote

   Say what moves, how fast, and what the camera does. Ask for a quote first.

   Animate that still with Seedance 2.5 through FLORA, 5 seconds, 720p, aspect ratio auto. Locked-off shot: he keeps coiling the rope in slow loops, fog drifts left to right, the boat rocks gently. Nothing changes shape. Ambient sound of waves and gulls. Quote it first.

4. Step 4: Let it run

   A clip takes a few minutes. Claude polls until it is done, then returns a link to the MP4.

What happened when Claude made a video with FLORA?

On October 16, 2026, we asked for the still first. The agent called flora_create_generations with model t2i-gpt-image-2-5-flare at 16:9. It returned a 1280 x 720 image of the fisherman on the pier in 26 seconds for $0.055.

Next the agent called flora_create_generations with quote set to true. FLORA estimated $2.483 for a 5-second 720p clip and reserved nothing. The real call used model i2v-gengateway-seedance-2-5-i2v with the still's URL in params.image_url, duration 5, resolution 720p and aspect_ratio auto. The agent polled flora_list_generations until it finished: 4 minutes 1 second, charged $2.457.

The clip is 5.06 seconds, 1280 x 720 at 24 fps, with an audio track. The camera holds still as asked. He keeps working the rope through his hands, the fog and water move slightly, and the boat stays in place. His face, jacket and the pier stay the same from first frame to last.

What went wrong: the gulls we asked for barely show. The still had them small and far away, so there was little for the model to move. The fix is to put the motion you want in the still: larger birds closer to camera, or a separate prompt line that names them in the foreground.

Models

t2i-gpt-image-2-5-flare, i2v-gengateway-seedance-2-5-i2v

Cost

$0.055 still, $2.457 clip ($2.483 quoted)

Time

26 s still, 4 min 1 s clip

Output

MP4, 5.06 s, 1280 x 720, 24 fps, with audio

Image-to-video or a longer clip: pros and cons

Does Claude make the video itself?

Claude writes the prompts, picks the model, calls FLORA and checks the result. The video model in FLORA renders the pixels. You talk to Claude the whole time, and the clip shows up as a link in the chat and on your FLORA canvas.

Can Claude cut several clips into one video?

Yes. Make each shot as its own clip, then ask Claude to assemble them in FLORA's timeline editor, where you can add titles and a music track. For a script with several scenes, the flora-script-to-video skill plans the shots, makes consistent stills and animates them in stages, with a stop for your approval before each paid step.

How do I write the motion prompt?

Leave the scene to the still and spend the words on movement.

• What moves: rope, fog, water, a boat.
• How fast: slow, steady, one quick gesture.
• Camera: locked off, a slow push in, or one pan.
• Sound: name the ambience you want, since the clip comes with audio.
• Duration, resolution and aspect ratio in the same message.

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