How to Generate AI Videos in Claude with PopNow

Claude can't render a video by itself: it writes, plans and reasons, but it has no video model built in. What it can do is use tools from outside services through custom connectors, and that is all you need. Add PopNow as a connector, sign in once, and Claude can send your request to a real video model, show you the price, and bring the finished clip back into the conversation. Setup takes about a minute, and it works on every Claude plan, Free included.

This guide walks through the connection, your first clip, what else is worth asking for, what it costs, and what to check when something doesn't work.

What you need

• A Claude account on the web or the desktop app. According to Anthropic's help center, custom connectors are available on the Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. A Free account can add one custom connector, so PopNow can be that one.
• A PopNow account with credits. Every clip is paid from your website credits at the same price as on popnow.ai. There is no subscription and nothing extra for the connection itself.
• The PopNow address: https://api.popnow.ai/mcp. You paste it once and never need it again.

How the connection works

A connector is a bridge built on the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for giving AI assistants new tools (modelcontextprotocol.io). When you add PopNow, Claude learns a short list of things it can now do on your behalf: create a video, create an image, write a song, record a voiceover, edit clips together, check your balance.

Nothing renders inside Claude. When you ask for a clip, Claude fills in the request (what happens in the scene, the shape, the length, the model), PopNow replies with the price, and a video model does the actual work. The result comes back as a link, and a copy is saved in your PopNow library. You sign in with your PopNow account, so Claude never sees your password, and you can disconnect at any time.

Step 1: Add PopNow as a custom connector

1. In Claude on the web or the desktop app, open Customize / Connectors.
2. Click + Add, then Add custom connector.
3. Name it PopNow and paste https://api.popnow.ai/mcp as the server address. Click Continue.
4. Keep the sign-in settings Claude suggests and click Add.

On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner first adds the connector under Organization settings / Connectors; after that, each member finds PopNow in their own list and connects it. Menu names move around as Claude updates, so if a label looks slightly different, look for the closest match. The PopNow in Claude and ChatGPT page always shows the current steps next to the address and a copy button.

Step 2: Sign in and switch it on

Click Connect next to PopNow. A PopNow window opens: sign in and press Allow. That approval lets Claude create things with your credits and read your creations and balance, nothing more.

Connectors are switched on per conversation. In a new chat, open the + menu, choose Connectors and turn PopNow on. If Claude ever answers that it can't make videos, this switch is the first thing to check.

Step 3: Ask for your first clip

Describe it like one shot in a film: who is in it, what they do, how the camera moves and what you should hear. Start with "Use PopNow to make" so Claude knows which tool you mean. Here is a scene that suits a five-second clip:

What happens next is the same every time:

1. Claude picks the tool and the settings. Without a model named, PopNow's create_video uses MiniMax H3 at 768p, 16:9, for 5 seconds.
2. PopNow quotes the price. That default clip is 185 credits. Anything above the 300-credit automatic limit waits until you say yes in the chat.
3. The model renders. Most clips take one to three minutes. If Claude says it's still working, ask it to check again.
4. The link comes back. Open it in the chat, or find the clip later in your PopNow library.

Then keep talking. "Make it vertical for a phone." "Try the same scene with Kling 3.0." "Add five more seconds where the cable car reaches the top." Claude carries the earlier result forward, so follow-ups don't need you to start over.

More things to make in Claude

Once the connector is on, single clips are only the start. Because Claude can plan and PopNow can make every piece, longer jobs fit in one conversation:

• A product video from nothing. Ask Claude to design a product shot with create_image, then turn it into a slow orbit clip.
• A UGC-style review. A fictional reviewer holds the product up to a phone camera and says a line; name Seedance 2.5 for synchronized sound.
• Three ad openings to test. Ask for three different five-second hooks in one go, quoted together.
• An explainer with a voiceover. Claude plans the shots, PopNow makes them, records a voiceover and edits everything into one video with captions. The editing step, compose_video, costs nothing.
• Your own photo, moving. Paste a public link to the photo and ask for gentle motion.

Each of these has a ready-to-copy prompt on the PopNow in Claude and ChatGPT page.

How much it costs

You pay per creation from your PopNow credits, at website prices. Connecting, planning in the chat and editing clips together are free.

Claude shows the price before anything runs, and the price comparison lists what other platforms charge for the same models, with the date each price was checked.

Every run is also covered by PopNow Protect:

• Failed? Full refund. If a generation errors out or never returns a file, its credits come back automatically.
• Wrong size or length? Full refund after review. After each run, PopNow compares the clip with what you ordered: aspect ratio, length, resolution and whether sound is present. A mismatch goes to our team for a manual review within one business day, and the run is refunded once it's approved. A clip that matches your settings but isn't to your taste is still a completed run.
• Cheaper elsewhere? 2× the difference. Found the same model and setting for less on another platform? Claim twice the difference back in credits under the price guarantee; our team checks each claim.

If something goes wrong

• There's no Add custom connector option. On Team and Enterprise plans, only an owner can add one. On Free, you may already have used your one custom connector; remove it or replace it with PopNow.
• Claude says it can't make videos. PopNow is switched off in this chat. Turn it on under + / Connectors and ask again.
• You see "not enough credits". Nothing was charged. Top up on the pricing page, then repeat the request.
• The clip is taking a while. Video models are slow, and Seedance 2.5 often needs four minutes or more. Ask Claude to check on the job; it uses the same job ID, so nothing runs twice.
• Claude ignores your attached photo. Connectors receive links, not attachments. Paste a public link to the photo, or use an image PopNow made earlier in the same chat.
• You want to disconnect. Remove PopNow under Customize / Connectors in Claude, or revoke the connection from your PopNow account settings.