Make videos from Claude

Add txtreel to Claude once. Describe the video: it writes the conversation, renders the MP4 and hands you the link. Setup: Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector, then paste https://txtreel.com/mcp. Example prompt: Make a WhatsApp video where my mom finds out I quit my job to become a DJ. Dark mode, under 20 seconds.

1. Copy the connector URL

https://txtreel.com/mcp

No login, no API key.

2. Add it to Claude

  1. On claude.ai or in the Claude desktop app, open Customize → Connectors.
  2. Click + Add → Add custom connector, name it txtreel, paste the URL and click Add.
  3. In a chat, open the + menu, check that txtreel is on, and ask for a video.

Works on every Claude plan (the Free plan allows one custom connector). On Team and Enterprise, an owner adds it first in Organization settings → Connectors.

Open Claude connectors

Claude Code

One command in your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http txtreel https://txtreel.com/mcp

3. Ask for a video

Make a WhatsApp video where my mom finds out I quit my job to become a DJ. Dark mode, under 20 seconds.
Turn this into a Reddit story video: my roommate ate my birthday cake and blamed the dog. Add a reply from OP.
Write 3 different iMessage 'wrong number' videos with plot twists and render all three.
Take a screenshot of an Instagram DM where my cat's pet sitter sends me 14 photos of my cat in a row.

What Claude can do with it

chat_render_video

Renders an iMessage, WhatsApp or Instagram conversation to an MP4.

chat_screenshot

Returns a PNG of any moment of the conversation, shown right in the chat.

chat_validate

Checks a script and its length before rendering.

reddit_render_video

Renders a Reddit post and its comments as a scrolling video.

reddit_screenshot

Returns a PNG of the Reddit thread.

No connector?

Every editor has a Write with AI button: it copies a prompt that makes any assistant answer in the script format, and you paste the answer back. Open the editor.

Questions

Do I need a txtreel account?

No. The connector needs no login and no API key. The same fair-use limits as the website apply.

Where do the videos go?

The AI gets a download link that works for 24 hours. Screenshots also show up directly in the chat.

Can I edit a video the AI made?

Ask the AI to change it and render again, or copy the script it wrote into the editor on this site and tweak it by hand.

My photos don't show up.

Through the connector, photos must be public https links to an image. Uploading a photo from your computer only works in the website editor.