Make whiteboard videos from ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants

You're already asking an AI assistant to explain things. Now it can also turn that explanation into a video: connect Explainly once, then say something like "make a 1-minute vertical video explaining how rainbows form", and your assistant creates a narrated whiteboard video in your Explainly account.

Explainly has a remote MCP server (Model Context Protocol, the standard way AI assistants connect to outside tools) at:

https://explainly.video/mcp

You sign in with your Explainly account, so videos use your own credits and show up in My videos.

What your assistant can do

Tool	What it does
create_video	Makes a whiteboard or slideshow video from a prompt: length (about 1 to 15 minutes), 16:9 or 9:16, 720p or 1080p, 10 languages, 10 voices. Uses your credits and reports the price.
get_video	Checks progress, and gives you the link to watch and download the MP4 when it's ready.
list_videos	Lists your recent videos.
get_account_and_options	Shows your balance, per-minute prices, and the available styles, languages and voices.

Videos take a few minutes. The assistant starts the video, and you (or it) check back with "is my video ready?".

Connect it to Claude (web and desktop)

On a Free, Pro or Max plan:

1. Go to Customize → Connectors.
2. Click Add custom connector.
3. Enter https://explainly.video/mcp as the server URL and click Add.
4. Click Connect, sign in to Explainly, and click Allow.

The Free plan allows one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner adds it once under Organization settings → Connectors → Add → Custom, and each member then clicks Connect under Customize → Connectors.

Connect it to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http explainly https://explainly.video/mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code to sign in.

Connect it to ChatGPT

ChatGPT supports custom MCP apps in developer mode: turn it on under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings, then create an app with the URL https://explainly.video/mcp and OAuth authentication. Which plans can use custom apps with write actions (like creating a video) depends on OpenAI's current rollout, so check your plan. We're also applying to ChatGPT's app directory so it becomes a one-click install.

Cursor and other MCP clients

Add a remote (Streamable HTTP) server with the URL https://explainly.video/mcp; clients that support OAuth will open the Explainly sign-in. If your client only supports fixed headers, create an API key in Explainly (API in the menu) and send it as Authorization: Bearer <your key>.

Prompts to try

• "Make a 1-minute 9:16 Explainly video explaining compound interest with a $100 example at 5%."
• "Turn the explanation you just gave me into a 3-minute whiteboard video for 7th graders."
• "Make a 2-minute onboarding video explaining our refund process: verify the order, check the policy, issue the refund, send a confirmation."
• "What's my Explainly balance, and what would a 5-minute 1080p video cost?"

The best results come from prompts that say who the video is for, the key points, and any facts that must be exact.

Pricing and safety

• Videos are paid from your Explainly credits: whiteboard videos start at $0.49 per minute (720p), and every new account gets its first 1-minute video free (limited spots each day). No subscription; see pricing.
• The assistant can create videos and read your videos and balance. It can't see your password or payment details, and it can't buy credits.
• When you're out of credits, the assistant gets a link to top up instead of a video.
• You can disconnect Explainly at any time from your assistant's connector settings.