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Animate photos into videos
right inside Claude & Cursor

Connect AI Photo Animator to any MCP client. Your agent can animate photos with viral effects, create or edit videos, and create, edit or restore photos, using your own account and credits.

Get your API keyHow to connect?

https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp

Viral effect templates

@AI Photo Animator Make me do the Bottle Kick Challenge trend with this selfie. Pick the effect and send me the video when it's ready.

41 effectsOne photoSound on

Connect in a minute

  1. 1Create an API key below.
  2. 2Run this in your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http ai-photo-animator https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  1. 3Ask Claude: “Animate this photo with the bottle kick effect”.

Viral effects, one prompt away

Every effect on the site works through MCP. Just tell your agent the effect name, or let it pick one with list_effects.

Street Light Trend AI

You grab the lamp post, slip out of frame and pop back in as a selfie.

/ street-light-trend-ai1 photo

Bécane Yamê AI Trend

You at the hanging mic in the orange studio, singing Bécane.

/ becane-yame-ai-trend1 photo

iPhone Kupi Dance AI

One photo, and you unfold a phone that keeps growing to the iPhone Kupi song.

/ iphone-kupi1 photo

Bonito Bonito AI Baby Dance

One photo of your baby, and they dance to Bonito Bonito in their own room.

/ bonito-bonito-baby1 photo

AI Concert Video

You and your friends as a live band, on stage, with sound.

/ tiny-desk4 photos

Oh You Can Make It Cap AI

One of you asks for a 360 and can't stop laughing. The other spins.

/ oh-you-can-make-it-cap2 photos

Middle Finger Dunk AI

One of you dunks over the other, then flips off the camera. From two photos.

/ middle-finger-dunk2 photos

Bottle Kick Challenge

All that wind-up, then the kick hits the crate. From one photo.

/ bottle-kick1 photo

Shaking Head Trend

Your pet grins at the camera and shakes its head like crazy.

/ shaking-head1 photo

Angry Dance AI

Point, shrug and tell the camera off, from one photo.

/ angry-dance1 photo

Tiny Desk AI

Your four friends, live at the Tiny Desk, belting Outstanding.

/ tiny-desk4 photos

Toy Car to Real Car

A tiny model on the windowsill drives off as the real thing.

/ toy-car-to-real-car1 photo

Browse all effects →

Tools your agent gets

list_effects

Browse effect templates (dance, sports, meme scenes) and how many photos each needs.

animate_photo

Turn a photo into a video with an effect, or free-form with a motion prompt.

create_video

Generate a video from a text description, no photo needed.

edit_video

Edit a clip: put someone from a photo into it, change outfit, style or scene.

create_image

Generate an image from text, or edit photos: background, outfit, style, combine.

restore_photo

Repair old or damaged photos, with optional colorization.

get_video

Check progress. Videos are usually ready in 1–5 minutes, returned as an MP4 link.

get_image

Fetch an image result that was still processing.

list_my_videos

Your most recent generations and their status.

get_credits

Remaining credits and plan for the connected account.

Your API key

The key links your agent to your account. Keep it secret — anyone with it can spend your credits.

Sign in to create an API key for your account.

Each video costs the same credits as on the website and failed generations are refunded automatically. Photos go through the same safety checks. See pricing