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Turn ChatGPT into a video generator

ChatGPT writes and draws, but it does not make video. Add MakeAIVideo as a connector and it does: ask for the video you want in ordinary words and a finished 1080p MP4 comes back, with the script written, the voiceover recorded, the scenes built and captions timed to the audio.

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Prefer to do it yourself? Prompt to video runs the same pipeline in your browser, no connector needed.

Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo

A real render from the pipeline ChatGPT calls.

The honest answer

Can ChatGPT generate videos?

No, not by itself, and no prompt changes that. ChatGPT produces text and images. A finished video needs a script, a recorded voiceover, scenes, captions timed to the audio and a render at the end, and none of that happens inside the chat. What ChatGPT is very good at is calling a tool that does it. Add MakeAIVideo as a connector and the gap closes: you ask in the chat, we render, and a finished MP4 comes back.

You ask in plain words.
No prompt syntax to learn and no parameters to look up. Describe the video the way you would to a person.
ChatGPT calls the tool.
It reads the brief, picks the right call and quotes the cost before spending any of your credits.
A finished video comes back.
Not footage to assemble. A complete 1080p MP4 with narration and captions, ready to post.

How it works

How to set up the ChatGPT video generator in four steps

The full walkthrough, including the tool list and what each scope grants, is in the MCP connection guide.

  1. Step 1

    Add the connector

    In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Connectors, and add https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai by URL. Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan. Nothing to install and no code to write.

  2. Step 2

    Sign in once

    ChatGPT reads our OAuth discovery documents, registers itself and walks you through sign-in. You should not need to paste an API key anywhere. You choose which scopes to consent to: read, write and ai.

  3. Step 3

    Ask for a video

    Describe what you want in the chat the way you would describe it to a person. ChatGPT calls the tool, passes your brief through, and tells you what it is costing before it spends anything.

  4. Step 4

    Get the finished MP4

    One call returns a complete video, not a clip to assemble: voiceover recorded, scenes built, captions timed to the audio and any music you asked for. It lands in your library, watermark-free.

How it runs

The same video pipeline, driven from ChatGPT

Whatever ChatGPT asks for runs through exactly what a person uses in the browser. It quotes the cost before spending anything, polls until the render lands, and can publish the result to an account you have already connected.

Same tools, same output.
A video made from chat is the same 1080p MP4 the browser makes, and lands in the same library.
Cost before credits.
Estimates are free, so the assistant can quote a render before it spends anything.
Posted if you ask.
To accounts you have already connected, now or on a schedule.

What to ask for

What to make with the ChatGPT video generator

A floured sourdough loaf in a proofing basket, a frame from a video made from one line

A video from one line

"Make me a 30-second vertical video about why sourdough needs a cold proof." The script, voice, scenes and captions all come from that sentence.

A studio microphone and headphones in a voiceover booth, standing in for a script narrated as written

A script you already wrote

Paste your copy into the chat and ask for it narrated verbatim. Your words are read exactly as written, never summarised or rewritten.

An aerial view of a white coastal village above blue sea, a frame from a video made from a travel article

A video from an article

Give ChatGPT a link or paste a post and ask for a short made from it. The video uses only what is in your text.

Five ceramic mugs in shades of blue on a shelf, standing in for a batch of videos

A batch, in one message

Ask for five variations on a hook and let the assistant queue them. It checks on progress at the pace the server asks for and reports each one back as it finishes.

A phone on a small tripod beside a ring light, standing in for a video posted to a connected account

A video posted for you

Ask it to publish the finished video to a connected social account, now or on a schedule. You approve each new account once through a connect link.

A stack of silver coins beside a glass jar, standing in for a cost check before rendering

A cost check first

Ask what a render will cost before committing. Estimates are free, so an assistant can quote you a price without spending any credits to find out.

All included

What the ChatGPT video connector gives you

No API key to paste: OAuth handles sign-in, so a key never touches your chat window or your clipboard. Scoped consent: you grant read, write and ai separately, and you can decline any of them. Videos run up to 10 minutes, and on Plus and Pro stock-footage videos go up to 40.

Studio AI voices

A curated library of natural narrators the assistant can pick from by name.

Word-by-word captions

Timed to the voiceover and burned into the export, in your choice of style.

Post where it lands

Finished videos can go straight to a connected account, now or scheduled.

In the language you ask for

Script, voiceover and captions in any of 24 languages, written in that language rather than translated afterwards.

Not just ChatGPT

Make videos with ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP assistant

The connector you add to ChatGPT is one MCP server, and the same address works in Claude, Grok, Claude Code, Cursor and any other MCP client. ChatGPT and Cursor need a paid plan on their side.

Connect your AI assistant.
Add MakeAIVideo to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude Code, Cursor or any app that supports MCP with one address. You sign in once; there is no API key to paste.
Ask in plain English.
“Make a 30 second vertical video about why sourdough needs a cold proof, then post it to TikTok tonight at 7.” It checks the cost before it spends anything.
It makes the video.
A finished MP4 with the script, voiceover, scenes, captions and any music, in your library to edit or download.
And posts it if you ask.
To the accounts you have connected, now or on a schedule, across 11 platforms.
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MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan.

Connector address

mcp.makeaivideo.ai

Works with

Signed in? Connect an AI assistant

Claude

Desktop, web and phone all accept a custom connector by URL, with the same OAuth sign-in.

Claude Code

Add the server from the command line and generate video inside a coding session.

Cursor

Speaks MCP, so the same server URL works without any extra adapter.

Anything else

A client that cannot speak MCP calls the REST API directly with a bearer key: 65 endpoints, documented.

Building on top of this rather than chatting with it? The agents page covers idempotency, polling, error shapes and webhooks, and the CLI does the same work from a terminal.

Other ways to make AI videos without ChatGPT

Prompt to VideoThe same thing, in a browser.Script to VideoNarrate your words verbatim.Auto PostPublish without a human step.AI Shorts GeneratorVertical Shorts from one idea.AI Talking AvatarA presenter reads your script.

ChatGPT video generator setup guides

MCP serverConnect by URL with OAuth, and the full tool list.Read the MCP server guideREST API65 endpoints for clients that do not speak MCP.Read the REST API referenceQuickstartFirst authenticated call in a couple of minutes.Open the API quickstart

Pricing

ChatGPT video generator pricing: one plan for the browser and the chat

A video ChatGPT makes spends the same credits as one you make in the app, from $9 a month. MCP, the API and the CLI are on every plan. Custom connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan on OpenAI's side.

Lite

The cheapest way in, with every video mode included.

$9/month

or $90 a year, 2 months free

450credits a month

About 4 stock-footage videos

or about 1 AI cinematic video

30 seconds each, every month

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  • Post and schedule to 2 social accounts
  • Videos up to 10 minutes
  • Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video
  • Full HD 1080p export, no watermark

Solo

For one creator posting every week.

$19/month

or $190 a year, 2 months free

1,000credits a month

About 10 stock-footage videos

or about 2 AI cinematic videos

30 seconds each, every month

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  • Post and schedule to 4 social accounts
  • More than double the credits of Lite
  • Videos up to 10 minutes
  • Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video

Plus

Most popular

Long-form, your branding and a team of three.

$29/month

or $290 a year, 2 months free

1,600credits a month

About 16 stock-footage videos

or about 3 AI cinematic videos

30 seconds each, every month

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  • Post and schedule to 6 social accounts
  • Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes
  • Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video
  • 3 team seats with admin and member roles

Pro

For teams and channels running at volume.

$49/month

or $490 a year, 2 months free

2,800credits a month

About 29 stock-footage videos

or about 6 AI cinematic videos

30 seconds each, every month

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  • Post and schedule to 10 social accounts
  • Lowest price per credit of any plan
  • Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes
  • 10 team seats with admin and member roles

7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over.

Every plan includes

  • Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap
  • 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices
  • Full HD 1080p export, never a watermark
  • Post and schedule to 11 platforms
  • Video in 24 languages
  • API, MCP server and CLI for ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent

Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. Compare plans and packs

ChatGPT video generator FAQs

What ChatGPT can and cannot do with video, how the connector signs in, and what a render costs.

Something else? Visit the help center

Can ChatGPT generate videos?

Not on its own. ChatGPT produces text and images, and no prompt turns that into a rendered video with a voiceover and a soundtrack. What it can do is call a tool that makes the video for it. Connect MakeAIVideo as a custom connector and asking ChatGPT for a video returns a finished 1080p MP4, because the rendering happens on our side and the assistant is driving it.

How do I connect MakeAIVideo to ChatGPT?

Open Settings, then Connectors, and add https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai by URL. ChatGPT reads our OAuth discovery documents, registers itself and walks you through sign-in. Availability of custom connectors depends on your ChatGPT plan.

Do I need an API key?

Not for this. OAuth is the normal path for ChatGPT and Claude, and it means no key is pasted into the chat. If you are writing your own client instead, send an Authorization: Bearer header with a key from your account. the API docs covers that path.

Is this the same as Sora?

No, and they answer different questions. Sora generates raw footage from a prompt. MakeAIVideo generates a finished video: a script, an AI voiceover, scenes matched to each beat, captions timed to the audio and optional music, rendered as an MP4 you can post without opening an editor.

What does it cost to generate a video this way?

The same as generating it in the browser. Plans start at $9 a month and the credit allowance refreshes every billing month. Cost estimates are free, so the assistant can quote a render before spending anything on it.

Can the assistant post the video for me?

Yes, to accounts you have already connected. A person approves each new account once through a connect link, after which the assistant can publish a finished video now or on a schedule and report back what happened on each platform.

Does this work with Claude and other assistants?

Yes. The server speaks the Model Context Protocol over streamable HTTP, so any MCP client works: Claude on desktop, web and phone, Claude Code, Cursor, and custom clients you write yourself. the agents page has the engineering detail.

What language will the video be in?

Whichever of the 24 supported output languages you ask for. The script, the voiceover and the captions are all generated in that language, not translated from English afterwards.

Is there a watermark?

No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, whether a person generated it in the browser or an assistant generated it through a tool call.

Can I edit what the assistant made?

Yes. Anything generated through ChatGPT lands in the same library as everything else, and you can open it in the built-in editor to swap a scene, re-roll the voice or restyle the captions.

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