ClipUGC ships a CLI, an MCP server and a Claude Code plugin. Describe your app and it makes the AI influencer, the talking clip and the finished vertical video. You never leave the terminal. Plans start at $14.99 a month.
Free credits. API keys come with a paid plan.
Maya, made with ClipUGC. One videos create call.
No browser tab with a video editor in it. Install once, describe a person, ask for the video.
Node.js 20 or newer. The key comes from Dashboard, API Keys.
npm install -g clipugc
clipugc auth loginShe gets her first photo right away, and she keeps that face in everything after it.
clipugc characters create --description "upbeat developer in her 20s, home office" --waitFive or ten seconds, vertical, ready for TikTok, Reels or Shorts.
clipugc videos create --image <lookId> --prompt "I stopped losing my streak" --duration 5 --waitOne more command puts your app recording and a hook line on the clip, and that one is free. Full command reference
Three other tools built for agents. Only what each of them publishes on its own site, read on the check date. The price is the part nobody else matches.
| Feature | Arcads, Fastlane, agent-media | ClipUGC |
|---|---|---|
| REST API | All three publish one | Yes, the same one the phone app uses |
| MCP server | All three. Arcads is a hosted connector link you paste into Claude | In the same npm package, runs on your machine |
| Command line tool | agent-media has one. Arcads and Fastlane publish none | npm install -g clipugc |
| Claude Code plugin or skill | Fastlane and agent-media publish a skill. Arcads publishes none | Plugin with three skills |
| Entry price | Fastlane $29 a month, agent-media $29 a month, Arcads not published | $14.99 a month |
Read on arcads.ai, usefastlane.ai and agent-media.ai on 4 September 2026. Arcads has no pricing page, so that cell says what they publish and nothing more. Where a row says none published, we found none on their own site. Check again before you decide.
The same account, the same balance, three ways in. Your agent can write the hook, make the video and drop the file in your repo while you review a pull request.
One line and Claude Code has eleven tools. It runs on your machine, so your key never leaves it.
claude mcp add clipugc -- npx -y clipugc@latest mcpThree skills on top of the tools.
The endpoints the iPhone and Android apps run on. Bearer token, JSON in, JSON out. Build your own thing on top.
Cursor, Claude Desktop or your own stack. The server is in the npm package and the registry entry is io.github.clipugc/clipugc.
Real output from the product, each one made from a written description. Yours can look like anyone you can describe.
Setting it up, or comparing tools?
A photo is 2 credits. A 10-second video is 13. Adding your app footage is always free.
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free credits to start, no card
$14.99 / month
150 credits every month
Business is $49.99 a month for 600 credits, with story episodes and front-of-queue rendering. See the full plan comparison
Yes. A REST API, a command line tool, an MCP server and a Claude Code plugin. They all share one account and one balance. API keys come with Professional at $14.99 a month.
A 5 second video is 7 credits and a 10 second one is 13. On the $14.99 plan that is about 70 cents and about $1.30. A photo is 2 credits.
No. npx -y clipugc@latest mcp fetches and starts it for you. You need Node.js 20 or newer.
Yes. You describe the character once and every generation after that reuses her. Your app gets a face people start to recognise.
No. You get the file and you post it yourself. Tools that auto-post volume AI content keep running into platform rules, and it is your account that pays.
Everything else is answered on the main FAQ.
Try the studio free first. When you want your agent doing the clicking, an API key comes with Professional.