Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent. It runs in your terminal, your IDE and the desktop app, and reads files, edits them and runs commands. Paired with invideo, it builds a cut on an invideo timeline from your script and footage, generates shots and exports the video.
Install the Claude Code CLI
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bashNeeds Node.js. To run it without installing, use npx invideo@latest
npm install -g invideoOpens your browser. Approve it with your invideo account
invideo auth loginStart Claude Code in the folder with your footage and ask. It runs invideo commands, and each answer links to the edit in invideo Editor
Read https://github.com/invideoio/cli/blob/main/AGENTS.md, then use the invideo CLI to make a 30-second launch video with a voiceover and musicInstead of the CLI, add invideo's MCP server, then run /mcp in Claude Code, choose invideo and sign in
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user invideo https://mcp.invideo.io/mcp“Make a 60-second video from script.md with a voiceover”
“Find a calm stock music track and lay it under the whole cut”
“Check the timeline and fix any gaps”
“Cut my video down to 30 seconds”
“Add captions from script.md in our brand font”
“Create separate vertical and widescreen versions”
“Make a product demo with a voiceover and screen recordings”
“Turn this blog post into a 60-second video with stock footage”
“Make a launch video with a script, voiceover and background music”
“Color-match every shot and mix the music under the voiceover”
invideo Skills extend Claude Code with invideo-specific commands for making, editing, and exporting your videos.
Install invideo Skills
curl -fsSL invideo.io/skills.sh | bashor
npx skills add invideo/invideo-skillsWhat Claude can do
Generate images, video and audio across the top models without a key for each.
Agents cut on an editing timeline you can open, change and export yourself.
Grade each shot with exposure, white balance, curves and masks.
Music, voice and effects on their own tracks, leveled and fit to the cut.
Search stock video, images and music, or reuse files already in the project.
Frame grabs and filmstrips let an agent look at the cut before it calls it done.
Save checkpoints, branch to try another cut and restore any saved point.
Export pages your team can watch, comment on and download from.
/mcp and sign in, if neededclaude mcp list to check invideo is connectedEither works, on the same invideo timeline. With the CLI, Claude Code runs invideo commands in your terminal, follows the rules in the CLI's AGENTS.md and saves exports and frames straight to disk. The MCP server gives Claude Code invideo's tools inside its session, with nothing to install.
Install the invideo CLI with npm install -g invideo and sign in with invideo auth login. Or add the invideo MCP server with claude mcp add --transport http --scope user invideo https://mcp.invideo.io/mcp, then run /mcp in Claude Code, choose invideo and sign in with your invideo account. Either way Claude gets invideo Editor for timelines, generation and exports.
Yes. Ask Claude for the project by name. It finds it in your invideo workspace, then edits and exports it.
Ask Claude to check your timeline. It reads the cut, grabs frames where something looks off, then fixes the problems and exports again.
Issue:Claude can't find invideo's tools
Solution:Make sure the invideo MCP server is installed with claude mcp add --transport http --scope user invideo https://mcp.invideo.io/mcp and restart Claude Code.
Issue:MCP server connection fails
Solution:Run claude mcp list to verify the invideo MCP server is installed. Re-add it with claude mcp add --transport http --scope user invideo https://mcp.invideo.io/mcp.
Issue:Export fails with permission error
Solution:Run /mcp to sign in to invideo again, or check that your account has access to the project.
Connect invideo once and ask for your first cut.