Klap for Claude
Can ChatGPT or Claude cut my videos? Claude can, once you connect Klap. On its own, Claude can suggest moments from a transcript, but it doesn't turn a long video into finished shorts. With Klap's connector, it clips your own video files into captioned vertical shorts ranked by virality score, right in the conversation. Klap also has an app in ChatGPT's app directory.
Turn your long videos into short vertical clips without leaving Claude. Upload a video or share a link to your file, and Klap finds the best moments, reframes them to 9:16 around the speaker and adds animated captions. You can then watch the shorts, download them and schedule them to your social accounts, right in the conversation.
What you need
- A Klap account. Exports and scheduling follow your Klap plan (see plans).
- Claude on the web, or the Claude desktop or mobile app.
- Your own video: a file on your device (MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 10 GB), or a Google Drive, Dropbox or direct link to the file.
- To schedule posts: your social accounts connected in Klap, at klap.app/calendar.
Connect Klap
- In Claude, open Customize → Connectors, search for Klap and add it. You can also add it with Add → Add custom connector, named Klap, with the URL
https://api.klap.app/mcp/claude. - Sign in to your Klap account and click Allow. Claude can now use Klap in any conversation.
- To disconnect, open Customize → Connectors in Claude and disconnect Klap. Claude immediately loses access to your Klap account.
What to ask
- “I want to turn a video into shorts, let me upload it”
- “Make 3 shorts of about 30 seconds from this podcast, focused on the pricing discussion: <Google Drive link>”
- “Show me the shorts from my latest Klap project”
- “Export my best short as an MP4”
- “Schedule short #1 to my TikTok tomorrow at 9am, visible only to me, with the caption "Testing Klap"”
In Claude, Klap works with your own video files. Links to video platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, Kick or Vimeo aren't supported there, and projects you made from those links stay in Klap, at klap.app.
While Klap works on a video, a card in the conversation shows its progress, then turns into your shorts. Play them with their captions, download them, schedule them, or open them in the Klap editor to change captions, layout or length.
What Klap can do in Claude
| Tool | What it does | Access |
|---|---|---|
upload_video | Shows Klap's upload card, where you pick a video on your device. Klap starts clipping it once it's uploaded. | Creates a project |
create_clips | Starts turning one of your videos into shorts from a Google Drive or Dropbox link or a direct link to a video file, with your instructions if you give any. | Creates a project |
get_clips | Shows a project's progress, then its shorts ranked by virality score. | Read only |
list_projects | Lists your recent Klap projects made from your own videos, and their status. | Read only |
export_clip | Renders a short to an MP4 you can download. Counts toward your plan's exports. | Creates an export |
get_export | Gets an export's status and download link. | Read only |
list_social_accounts | Lists the social accounts connected to Klap (never their passwords or tokens). | Read only |
schedule_clip | Posts a short to your connected YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook accounts, now or at the time you choose. | Publishes, after you confirm |
Klap only publishes a post after you confirm the short, the accounts, the time and the caption. For TikTok, you choose who can see the post; YouTube posts are public.
Troubleshooting
- “Klap in Claude works with the user's own videos only”. You shared a link to a video platform. Upload the file in Klap's card instead, or share it from Google Drive or Dropbox.
- The upload card doesn't take my file. Klap accepts MP4, MOV and WebM videos up to 10 GB.
- My shorts aren't ready yet. Clipping a long video usually takes 10 to 20 minutes. The card updates on its own, and you can ask Claude later, for example “Are my shorts ready?”.
- Klap couldn't find clip-worthy moments. This happens with videos that have little speech. Try another video, or tell Klap what to look for.
- Downloading asks for confirmation. Claude asks before it opens a link outside the conversation, such as your MP4.
- No social account to schedule to. Connect your accounts at klap.app/calendar, then ask again. An account marked as needing reconnection must be reconnected there too.
- “Not included in your plan”. Some actions, like exports and scheduling, depend on your Klap plan.
- “Your Klap connection expired”. Reconnect Klap from Customize → Connectors in Claude.
Frequently asked questions
Can ChatGPT or Claude cut my long videos into short clips?
Claude can, once you connect Klap. On its own, Claude can suggest moments from a transcript, but it doesn't turn a long video into finished shorts. With Klap's connector, it clips your own video files into captioned vertical shorts ranked by virality score, right in the conversation. Klap also has an app in ChatGPT's app directory. In Claude, open Customize → Connectors, add Klap and ask, for example, "I want to turn a video into shorts, let me upload it".
Which videos can I use with Klap in Claude?
Your own videos: a file on your device (MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 10 GB), or a Google Drive, Dropbox or direct link to the file. Links to video platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, Kick or Vimeo aren't supported in Claude.
What does Klap add to each short?
A virality score, active-speaker reframing to 9:16 and animated captions, in 99+ languages. You can then download the short, schedule it to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook, or open it in the Klap editor.
How much does Klap in Claude cost?
Connecting is free, and what you create uses your Klap plan. You can start with Klap's free trial. Downloading and posting clips needs a paid plan. Paid exports carry no Klap branding. Paid plans start at $14.50/month billed yearly ($29 month to month).
Your data
Claude sends Klap only what each action needs, and Klap sends back what Claude needs to answer you. Klap never receives your Claude password or your conversations. Our privacy policy lists exactly what is exchanged.
Help
Email support@klap.app or chat with us. More on the support page.