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Turn Any Idea Into
Video, Audio And Images

Connect ElevenLabs to Claude once. Then describe what you want, and Claude makes the images, video, voices, music and sound effects and puts them together for you.

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If you have an idea, Claude and ElevenLabs can bring it to life. You don't need to be an editor, a designer or a sound person. You describe it in a chat, and Claude does the making.

The ElevenLabs connector gives Claude access to over 50 models for images, video, voice, music and sound. Everything lands in your ElevenCreative workspace, so you can open any piece and keep tweaking it.

What You Can Make
  1. Images. Generate a scene, a product shot or a character, then edit it. "Make our candle on a marble counter in morning light."
  2. Video. Animate any image into a clip with models like Veo and Kling. "Slowly push in on this photo as the steam rises."
  3. Lip sync. Give a character a face that talks in time with its voice.
  4. Voices. Describe a voice that doesn't exist and design it. "A warm grandmother with a slight Southern accent, speaking slowly."
  5. Voiceovers. Any script, in thousands of voices, with directions like [laughs] or [whispers].
  6. Music. Original tracks with or without vocals. "A 30-second upbeat acoustic track for a summer sale."
  7. Sound effects. A door creak, a crowd cheering, a whoosh, with variations to pick from.
  8. Put it all together. Give Claude one brief and it writes the script, records the voiceover, adds music and sound, and builds the video.
Connect It In Two Minutes

No API key. You sign in with your ElevenLabs account.

  1. Open connectors. In Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then click + and choose Add custom connector.
  2. Add the full ElevenLabs connector. Name it ElevenLabs and paste this URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/mcp. Click Add.
  3. Sign in. Log in to ElevenLabs, pick your workspace and click Authorize.
  4. Test it. Start a new chat and ask: "Check my ElevenLabs connection and tell me everything you can make."

Use the custom connector, not the search result

If you search the connector list for ElevenLabs, you get a version for voice and sound only. Adding it with the URL above gives Claude the full studio, including images, video and music. The free Claude plan allows one custom connector, and on Team plans an owner adds it first.

In Claude Code, run this, then type /mcp in a session to sign in.

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http elevenlabs https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/mcp
Ideas To Steal

A few ways to use it, for any kind of business or just for fun:

  1. A menu that talks. Each dish introduces itself in 15 seconds.
  2. A property tour from six listing photos, with a calm voiceover and music.
  3. An onboarding video that explains your first three steps.
  4. A brand jingle plus a two-second sound logo for the end of every video.
  5. A podcast intro with a voice, a music sting and a whoosh.
  6. A bedtime story with a voice for every character and a picture for every scene.
  7. A product ad from one photo and three things customers love.
  8. The same video in another language, dubbed in the original voice.
10 Starter Prompts
STARTER PROMPTS FOR CLAUDE + ELEVENLABS Paste one into Claude with the ElevenLabs connector on. Swap the [brackets]. 1. TALKING MENU Here's a photo of our [dish]. Turn it into a friendly character that describes itself in 15 seconds: what's in it, why people love it, and what to pair it with. Make the image, design a warm voice, animate it with lip sync, and add a light music bed. Vertical for Instagram. 2. PROPERTY TOUR Here are 6 photos of [address]. Make a 30-second vertical tour: animate each photo with a slow camera move, write and voice a short script in a calm, upscale voice, and add soft background music. End on the price and the open-house date. 3. ONBOARDING VIDEO Here's our onboarding doc for new [customers / employees]. Turn the first 3 steps into a 60-second explainer: one simple image per step, animated, a clear friendly voiceover, and upbeat music under it. 4. BRAND JINGLE AND SOUND LOGO Make a 15-second jingle for [brand], [3 words that describe the vibe], with vocals that sing the name once. Then make a 2-second sound logo from the same melody for the end of our videos. 5. PODCAST OR YOUTUBE INTRO Make a 10-second intro for my show [name]: a punchy voice saying "[intro line]", a short music sting, and a whoosh sound effect. Give me 3 versions. 6. BEDTIME STORY Write a 2-minute bedtime story about [child's name] and a [favorite animal]. Give each character its own designed voice, add gentle music and a few soft sound effects, and make one illustration for each scene. 7. PRODUCT AD Here's our product photo and the 3 things customers love most: [list]. Make a 15-second vertical ad: an attention-grabbing first shot, the product animated, a voiceover in a confident voice, trending-style music, and a clear last line. 8. EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT We're hosting [event] on [date] at [place]. Make a 20-second announcement video with an animated poster-style image, an excited voiceover with the key details, and upbeat music. 9. SAME VIDEO, NEW LANGUAGE Here's my video. Dub it into [language], keeping my voice and timing. 10. COURSE LESSON Here's my lesson outline: [paste]. Turn it into a 90-second lesson video with one visual per point, a clear teacher voice, and quiet background music.
My Skill: Idea To Finished Piece

This skill turns Claude into your producer. You describe the idea, it shows you a plan with the script, shots, voice, music and sound, and only starts making once you say go. Then it builds each piece and puts it together in one place you can edit.

idea-to-creation / SKILL.md
--- name: idea-to-creation description: Turns any creative idea into finished images, video, voiceover, music and sound effects using the ElevenLabs connector, then pieces them together. Use when I describe something I want made, like an ad, a menu video, a jingle, a story or an explainer. --- # Idea To Finished Piece You are my creative producer. I bring an idea. You plan it, make every piece with ElevenLabs, and put it together. I don't need to know how to edit. ## Step 1: Understand the idea Ask me up to 4 quick questions, one at a time, only if you need them: - What is it for, and where will people see it (Instagram, website, a pitch, a gift)? - What should someone feel or do after watching or listening? - Format and length (vertical 9:16, square, 16:9; 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 2 minutes)? - Anything I want to use: photos, logos, a script, a voice, a brand color, a song mood? If I attach files, use them as the reference instead of asking. ## Step 2: Write the production plan Before making anything, show me a short plan: - The concept in one sentence - The script or lines, with ElevenLabs audio tags like [laughs] or [whispers] for delivery - A shot list: each shot's image, how it moves, and how long it runs - The voice: pick a library voice or write a Voice Design description (age, accent, tone, pace) - Music: mood, tempo, vocals or instrumental, length - Sound effects: what and where - Which pieces cost credits, roughly in what order Ask "Ready to make it, or change anything?" Don't generate until I say go. ## Step 3: Make the pieces, in this order 1. Images first. Generate the key image for each shot. Show me before animating. 2. Voice. Design or pick the voice, then generate the voiceover. 3. Video. Animate each approved image. If a character speaks on camera, lip-sync it to the voiceover. 4. Music. Generate a track to sit under the voice, at the right length. 5. Sound effects. Generate the few that add something. Default to fewer. Tell me before each generation, since each one uses credits. If something comes out wrong, regenerate only that piece. ## Step 4: Put it together Combine the pieces in order: video, voiceover on top, music underneath and quieter than the voice, sound effects on their moments. Keep it in one ElevenCreative flow so I can open it and tweak any layer. If you can't assemble it fully through the connector, give me the exact order and timings and tell me to finish it in ElevenCreative Studio. ## Step 5: Hand it over Give me: - The link to the flow in my ElevenCreative workspace - What each piece is and where it lives - A caption or description if it's for social - 2 ideas for a second version (a new hook, a different voice, a shorter cut) ## Rules - Keep my facts exact. Never invent product details, prices or claims. - No real person's voice or face unless I confirm I have their permission. - Ask before spending credits on anything long (video over 10 seconds, music over 1 minute). - If a model or feature isn't available, say so and offer the closest option.

How to set it up. Two ways:

  1. In the Claude app. Turn on Code execution and file creation under Settings, then Capabilities. Go to Customize, then Skills, click +, then Create skill, then Upload a skill, and upload the zip. Then just say "use the idea-to-creation skill" and describe your idea.
  2. Just paste it. Copy the skill into a new chat with the connector on, then describe your idea underneath.
How I Made My Products Talk

My clothing brand gets the same questions every week, so I let the products answer for themselves. Here's the whole thing in five steps, all in one chat:

  1. Product photo. I gave Claude photos of our best sellers plus the real details, like materials and the care label.
  2. Character image. It made a character version of each product, same color and fabric, with a face.
  3. Animation. It animated each character with a gesture or two that fit its personality.
  4. Voice. It designed a voice for each one. My tee is laid-back and a little smug about being soft.
  5. Lip sync. It recorded the lines and synced them to the character's mouth.

Now our tee explains its own care label, right down to skipping the iron. These are the two skills I built for it: one designs the character, and one turns any customer question into a new clip.

product-character / SKILL.md
--- name: product-character description: Turns a product photo and details into a talking character with ElevenLabs. Designs the look, voice and lines, then makes the clip. Use when I want a product to speak. --- # Product Character You turn one of my products into a short talking character video using the ElevenLabs connector. The product speaks in first person about what it's made of, how it feels and how to look after it. ## What I give you - 1 to 3 clear photos of the product - The product name and details like materials, fit and care instructions - The questions customers ask most about it (optional, but they make the best lines) - The personality I want, if I have one If something is missing, ask for it in one short message. Only use facts I gave you. If a material, claim or care step isn't in my details, leave it out. ## Step 1: Write the character card Write this card, then stop and wait for my OK: - **Name and personality** in one line (for example, laid-back and a little smug about being soft). - **Look.** The product itself is the character. Keep the color, fabric, logo and shape from my photo, and add simple expressive eyes and a mouth so it can lip-sync. Describe the pose, setting and lighting. Vertical 9:16, character centered, face clearly visible. - **Movement.** One or two gestures that fit the personality. - **Voice.** A Voice Design description in this format: Native [language]. [Gender], [age range]. Studio quality. Persona: [2 to 5 words]. Emotion: [2 to 3 adjectives]. [1 to 2 sentences about timbre, pace and delivery.] Skip effects words like echo, reverb or phone. - **Three lines**, each 20 to 40 words (about 8 to 15 seconds). Cover a benefit in the first, how it feels or fits in the second and care in the third. First person. Add one or two audio tags per line where they help, like [laughs], [sighs], [whispers], [sarcastic], [excited], or a descriptive one like [proud, slightly smug]. Use an ellipsis for a pause, never SSML break tags. ## Step 2: Make it (only after I approve) Before each generation, tell me what you're about to make and that it uses ElevenLabs credits. Then use the ElevenLabs connector to: 1. Design the voice from the description. Let me hear the options, then save the one I pick under the character's name. 2. Generate the character image with my product photo as the reference, using the look description. Make 2 to 4 options and let me pick. 3. Generate speech for each line with the saved voice. 4. Animate the chosen image with each audio file using lip sync. If the connector can't do a step, or a model isn't available where I live, say so plainly. Then tell me how to finish it in ElevenCreative: open Image & Video, upload the character image and use LipSync with the audio file. Never describe a result you didn't actually get. ## Step 3: Save the character Finish with a short **Character Sheet** I can save. It holds the name and saved voice name, the look description and personality, plus the audio tags that worked and the lines we made. The character-answer skill uses this sheet. ## Rules - Facts only come from what I gave you. - Keep every clip under 20 seconds. - Ask before spending credits.
character-answer / SKILL.md
--- name: character-answer description: Turns a real customer question into a short reply clip, voiced by a saved product character with ElevenLabs. Use when I paste a customer question and a Character Sheet. --- # Character Answer You turn a customer question into a short clip where the product answers in its own voice. ## What I give you - The Character Sheet from the product-character skill - The customer's question, pasted as is - The facts that answer it, like the care label or size chart. If I don't include the answer, ask me for it. Never make up a fact or a policy. ## Steps 1. Write the answer in character: first person, 20 to 40 words. React to the question, give the real answer, then end on a small personality beat. Use one or two audio tags from the Character Sheet. 2. Show me the line and wait for my OK. 3. Once I approve, tell me it uses ElevenLabs credits, then use the ElevenLabs connector to generate the speech with the character's saved voice and lip-sync it to the character image. 4. Hand me the clip plus a one-line caption to post with it. ## Rules - Refunds, damaged orders, sizing disputes or complaints: don't make a clip. Flag it so I can answer personally. - Same voice and same look every time. - Keep clips under 20 seconds.
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