How to make YouTube Shorts with Grok

Which Grok apps can make a Short with ViewGum?

What do you need before adding ViewGum to Grok?

• Any Grok account: connectors are open to all Grok users, and a custom one is added at grok.com/connectors.
• On Grok Business and Enterprise, a team admin who sets up the connector in the cloud console first; members use it after that.
• Nothing to pick in a chat: once connected, Grok finds ViewGum's tools and uses them when you ask for a short.

How do I add ViewGum to Grok?

Set up Grok in about 2 minutes: grok.com, under Connectors.

1. Go to grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom.
2. Paste https://viewgum.com/mcp as the server URL.
3. Sign in to ViewGum and press Allow.
4. 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 Grok shows you the price in credits.

On Grok Business and Enterprise a team admin adds the connector in the cloud console first.

Steps checked against Grok docs: Connectors on November 11, 2026.

How do I use ViewGum from Grok Bot?

Set up Grok Bot in about 1 minute: any Bot's chat, on plans that include Grok Bot.

1. Ask your Bot to add https://viewgum.com/mcp as an MCP server.
2. Press Connect on the card it shows, sign in to ViewGum and press Allow. The page names Cursor, which runs Grok Bot's app sign-in.

Grok Bot comes with X Subscription Premium, Super and Ultra, and with paid Cursor plans.

Grok Bot 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.

What do I type in Grok 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 Grok for a short?

1. Ask for a short on a topic, with a length if you want one, from 15 to 90 seconds.
2. Grok asks ViewGum for a quote. A quote charges nothing and says how many credits the short costs.
3. Grok 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 Grok asks for a new one.
5. Grok 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 Grok cost?

A faceless short, made and exported, is about 378 credits at 15 seconds, and Grok 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 Grok 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, Claude and Gemini. 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 Grok?

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