Claude Video Generator: Connect Ziztu to Claude

• A Ziztu account. 40 free credits for scripts, character art, storyboards, voices and sound, plus your first 5 second video free, no card. More video starts at $12.
• A Claude plan that allows custom connectors: Free (one custom connector), Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise, per the Claude Help Center. On Team and Enterprise only an Owner can add one, so ask them.
• Nothing to install for claude.ai or Claude Desktop. Claude connects to Ziztu from Anthropic's cloud, and https://getziztu.com/mcp is public, so it works from any network.

An Owner (or, on Enterprise, a person with the Manage access to Libraries role) adds the connector once. Everyone else then connects with their own Ziztu account.

Claude Code adds remote servers with one command, then signs in from its own /mcp menu.

claude mcp add --transport http ziztu https://getziztu.com/mcp

Step 2. Sign in with /mcp

Inside Claude Code, type /mcp, choose ziztu and follow the browser sign-in. If the browser does not open, copy the link Claude Code prints. If the browser redirect ends in a connection error, paste the full callback address from the browser bar into the prompt in Claude Code. Use "Clear authentication" in the same menu to sign out.

Use Ziztu to plan a 60 second vertical micro drama about a baker who finds a love letter in the dough. Create the project, ask the Director to plan it, apply the plan, then quote the first frames. Do not make anything yet. Tell me the price and which shots are blocked.

Once the first plan is back, these prompts take you from the plan to a film. Each one that costs credits tells the app to use a cap, and the app shows you the price first.

Make the first frames for that project with max_credits set to the quote. When they are done, show me the frames and wait. I will tell you whether to animate.

Animate shot 1 only, with max_credits set to its quote. Tell me what it cost and show me the clip before you do any other shot.

When I am happy with the clips, quote the music, make it with max_credits set to the quote, then export the film and tell me how to download it.

Use Ziztu to plan a 45 second anime episode in a hand-painted look about a girl who finds a sleeping whale made of cloud over her village. Give the girl and the whale a fixed look, plan the shots, and quote the first frames. Do not spend anything yet.

Ziztu also runs a smaller server at https://getziztu.com/mcp/planner that only plans, writes and prices. It has 24 tools. Seven plan and price an episode: list_projects, create_project, get_project, director_plan, director_chat, apply_plan and quote. Six are the free writing tools: write_logline, write_script, write_dialogue, write_shot_list, write_character_backstory and write_story_ideas. Eleven are the whole AI Script Writer: start_script_draft, get_script_job, read_script, ask_script_editor, decide_script_edit, get_script_doctor_notes, list_script_versions, restore_script_version, import_script, get_script_file and script_to_shots, so an AI app can write a full screenplay draft, ask the script editor for changes, read the doctor's notes, keep versions, import a Fountain or Final Draft file and turn scenes into a shot plan. It makes no images, video or audio. It is the edition meant for connector directory listings, and as of 18 October 2026 it is not listed in Claude's or OpenAI's directory. Nothing on this page means either company endorses Ziztu.

For everything described on this page, add the full connector at https://getziztu.com/mcp, as a custom connector. It has all 30 tools, including making frames, clips and music, with a spend cap on every paid call. The tool lists for both editions are on the MCP server docs.

This is the flow Claude follows with the 30 Ziztu tools, so you know what to expect and where to say yes:

1. You give one idea. Claude calls create_project, then director_chat and apply_plan, and the cast, places and shots appear in the project.
2. Claude calls quote and tells you the exact credits for the first frames and for the clips, and any shot that is blocked.
3. You say go. Claude calls make_first_frames with a max_credits at the quote, and checks the job with job_status.
4. You look at the frames. If the cast and look are right, Claude animates one shot with animate_shots, then the rest.
5. Claude calls make_music and export_film. You open the project in the Ziztu studio to edit it, or download the MP4.

In Claude's tool approval prompts, keep the three tools that spend credits (make_first_frames, animate_shots and make_music) on Allow once. Claude's own guidance is to click Allow always only for a server and tool you trust to run unsupervised. For the first projects, watch.

Ziztu is a studio for micro dramas and anime series, so the connection gives your AI app 30 tools for the whole job, not a single clip button:

• Plan. Ask the Director for the cast, the places and every shot of an episode, then apply the plan to a project.
• Price. Quote frames, clips or music before anything runs. The quote also lists any shot that is blocked and why.
• Make. Make the first frame of each shot, animate the shots you pick and generate the music, each with a spend cap you set.
• Keep going. Check jobs, check your credit balance and export the finished film as an MP4. The same project opens in the Ziztu studio, where you can edit it.
• Run apps. Start the one-shot Ziztu apps (animation, manga, story video and more) from the same chat.

The cast stays the same across every shot and every episode, because the characters live in the project and not in the chat.

This is The Wrong Wedding, a 32 second vertical episode made in Ziztu with the same three characters in all seven shots. It started from one sentence, the same kind of prompt you give your AI app.

The Wrong Wedding, episode 1: 32 seconds, seven shots, three characters, made in Ziztu from one sentence.

9:16 · 32 s

The prompt that made it

A live-action vertical micro drama, episode 1: on her wedding day a bride reads a message on the groom's phone and walks down the aisle anyway, smiling. End on a cliffhanger when she takes the microphone.

Giving an AI app a way to spend money needs hard limits. These are enforced by the Ziztu API, not by the chat, so the app cannot talk its way around them:

• A spend cap on every paid call. max_credits is required on first frames, clips, music and app runs. If the exact price is higher, the call is refused before anything starts.
• A second yes above 500 credits. A bigger spend also needs confirm: true, and the tool descriptions tell the app to ask you first.
• Price before spend. The quote tool and dry_run: true return the exact credits and start nothing.
• You choose the permissions. The consent screen lists three: see your account, create and generate, and export films. Untick Create and generate and the app can look but cannot spend.
• Disconnect any time. Open getziztu.com/oauth/connections, find the app and end it. The next call fails at once.

A connection itself costs nothing. You pay in credits, on your own Ziztu account, and the price of each step is shown before it runs.

• Free to start: 40 free credits for scripts, character art, storyboards, voices and sound, plus your first 5 second video free, no card. More video starts at $12.
• Video needs a plan. Plans start at $12 a month. On Starter, a 5 second clip costs about $0.37 at 480p or $0.60 at 768p. See pricing for every plan and pack.
• Your app is billed separately. Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Grok and Cursor have their own plans and limits. Ziztu only charges for what runs in Ziztu.

• The Connect button does nothing, or Claude says it cannot reach the server. Claude connects from Anthropic's servers, not from your computer. https://getziztu.com/mcp is public, so check the address for a typo and that it ends in /mcp.
• Ziztu is added but its tools do not appear in the chat. Connectors are switched on per conversation: click + at the lower left, then Connectors, and turn Ziztu on.
• You need to change the address. Claude cannot edit a custom connector. Remove it (Customize, then Connectors, the three dots, Remove), then add it again.
• The sign-in window does not open or closes at once. Allow pop-ups for the app, then start the connection again. In a terminal app, copy the link it prints into your browser.
• The app can plan but says it cannot spend. The connection was made without Create and generate. Disconnect it at getziztu.com/oauth/connections, connect again and keep that box ticked.
• A call is refused with over_max_credits. The cap was lower than the exact price. Ask the app for the quote, then set max_credits at or just above it.
• A call is refused with confirm_required. The price is above 500 credits. Read the price, and if you agree, tell the app to continue with confirm set to true.
• It says you have no credits (HTTP 402). Ask the app to check your balance. Free credits cover the planning and a new account's first 5 second clip; more video starts on a plan.
• The app asks you to sign in again. Do it. Access renews by itself, but ending a connection on the connected apps page removes it for good.

The steps for each app follow its own official page, read on 18 October 2026. Apps change their menus, so if a label looks different, trust the app and the page below.

• Claude Help Center: Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP
• Claude Code docs: Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP
• Higgsfield Help Center: How do I connect Higgsfield to Claude, ChatGPT, or another AI agent?