How to make YouTube Shorts with Claude

Which Claude apps can make a Short with ViewGum?

What do you need before adding ViewGum to Claude?

• Any Claude plan: custom connectors work on Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise, and a Free account can add one.
• On Team and Enterprise, an owner who adds ViewGum for the whole organization; each member then connects their own ViewGum account.
• A switch per chat: every connector is turned on or off for a conversation from the + button, under Connectors.

How do I add ViewGum to Claude?

Set up Claude in about 2 minutes: claude.ai, the desktop app and mobile (the connector syncs across them).

1. Open Customize, then Connectors, choose + Add, then Add custom connector.
2. Name it ViewGum, enter https://viewgum.com/mcp as the remote MCP server URL and choose Continue.
3. Keep the sign-in Claude finds and Use Claude's published identity as the OAuth client, then choose Add. Sign in to ViewGum and press Allow.
4. In a chat, open the + menu, then Connectors, and turn ViewGum on.
5. Ask for a short, for example: "Price a 30 second ViewGum short about why octopuses have three hearts, then make it when I say yes." Say yes once Claude shows you the price in credits.

On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds the connector under Organization settings, Connectors first, and each member then chooses Connect. Free accounts can add one custom connector.

Steps checked against Claude Help Center: Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP on November 11, 2026.

How do I use ViewGum from Claude Duet?

Set up Claude Duet in about 1 minute: Claude, on plans with Duet.

1. Add ViewGum in Claude first, with the Claude steps on this page. Duet uses the connectors on your account.
2. Ask Duet to use ViewGum.

Duet is a research preview for Pro, Max and Ultra in the US, by waitlist.

Claude Duet can work while you are away, so each new connection starts with a daily credit cap of 2,000 credits, about three shorts. Change or remove it in ViewGum under Settings, Connected apps.

How do I use ViewGum from Claude Code?

Set up Claude Code in about 1 minute: the terminal.

1. Run the first command below, then /mcp inside Claude Code to sign in. The second adds ViewGum's skill, which teaches it to price first and follow a short patiently.

claude mcp add --transport http viewgum https://viewgum.com/mcp
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/viewgum-shorts && curl -fsSL https://viewgum.com/agents/skill.md -o ~/.claude/skills/viewgum-shorts/SKILL.md

What do I type in Claude to make a Short?

Ask in plain words, as in the last step above, or ask it to follow the short: "Make a ViewGum short about the history of coffee, about 40 seconds, in the look that fits best. Show me the quote first, then make it and tell me when it's ready with a link to open it." The connector page has more for edits, exports and brand kits.

What happens after you ask Claude for a short?

1. Ask for a short on a topic, with a length if you want one, from 15 to 90 seconds.
2. Claude asks ViewGum for a quote. A quote charges nothing and says how many credits the short costs.
3. Claude tells you the price and waits for your yes. ViewGum marks its paid tools as needing your confirmation.
4. ViewGum makes the short and charges exactly the quote. A range quote holds its top and charges what the short took. If the price moved since the quote, nothing is charged and Claude asks for a new one.
5. Claude follows the short while ViewGum makes it, then gives you a link to open it.
6. For the video file, it prices the export, asks again, and gives you the download link with a title, caption and hashtags for each app.

How many credits does a short from Claude cost?

A faceless short, made and exported, is about 378 credits at 15 seconds, and Claude shows the price of each one before anything is charged. The Creator plan is $49 a month for 4,500 credits; pricing lists every plan and what each action costs.

What if Claude can't connect or make the short?

It says ViewGum is not connected, or sign-in failed: Connect again from your assistant's connector settings. A connection ends when you disconnect it in Settings, Connected apps, or after 30 days without use. The connector page covers a paid plan, the daily cap and running out of credits. Still stuck? Ask in #help on our Discord.

Which other assistants can make a YouTube Short?

The same connector makes shorts from ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok. Which AI assistants can make a YouTube Short lists the rest, and the connector page has the steps for every assistant, terminal and editor.

Can you make the same short without Claude?

Yes. The same faceless shorts can be made in the browser: the faceless shorts generator shows how it works.