Do I need a Kling or Kuaishou account?

No. The NinjaChat MCP server fronts Kling for you — you connect claude.ai to NinjaChat via OAuth, and Kling generations bill your NinjaChat balance at $0.14 per second in 5-second steps — $0.70 for a 5-second clip, $1.40 for ten.

What is Kling best at compared to Veo?

Kling is known for fluid, physical motion — people, animals, dynamic camera moves — and strong image-to-video animation. Veo 3.1 tends to win on cinematic lighting and scene fidelity. At $1.40 for Kling and $1.20 for Veo 3.1 Fast per 8-second clip, running both on one prompt (Claude can do this in a single request) is the honest way to pick.

How long does a Kling generation take in Claude?

Jobs are async: Claude fires generate_video, gets a job id, and polls get_generation_status — the finished video typically lands in one to a few minutes and appears in the chat as a playable link.

Can Claude animate an image I upload with Kling?

Yes — attach the image in claude.ai, and Claude uses upload_asset then image_to_video with a motion prompt. Product turntables, living posters, and music-visualizer loops are the classic uses.

What does experimentation cost?

$0.70 for a 5-second Kling clip and $1.40 for ten, with automatic refunds on failures and your monthly spending limit as a hard ceiling. estimate_cost is free, so Claude can quote a batch before committing.

Does this work in ChatGPT or Cursor too?

Yes — the same server exposes kling-video to every MCP client. ChatGPT connects via custom connector (OAuth); Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and VS Code use an nj_sk_ API key. This page covers Claude because chat is where Kling iteration feels best.

Create free key

Kling · in ClaudeAERA

Kling video, inside claude.ai.

Kling is one of the strongest motion models available — and Claude can drive it directly. Connect the NinjaChat MCP server once and Kling videos are a chat message away: $0.14 a second in 5-second steps — $0.70 for a 5-second clip, $1.40 for ten — no Kuaishou account, no separate app.

Klingfrom $0.70

Connect Claude to Kling

Claude

hey animate this still — cinematic rain, keep the shoe locked

oh wait NinjaChat's on — one sec, I'll push the rain

Rain moving · in Claude

Paste this. Watch it run.

First ask

A koi fish swimming through drifting ink clouds, camera following — make it with Kling.

generate_videoget_generation_status

8s video on kling-video · $1.40

Use case · Kling in chat

Ask Claude. Get the rain.

image_to_video on kling-video — inside Claude, priced before it runs.

AERA · motion

Same shoe. Night track. Then the rain moves.

Models

Kling, next to its alternatives.

Google Veo 3.1Veo 3.1

Seedance 2.0Seedance

Kling 2.6 ProKling

Google Veo 3.1 FastVeo Fast

Seedance LiteSeedance Lite

Tools

21 tools. These do the work here.

Make

generate_videoTurn a description into a video.
image_to_videoAdd motion to a still image.
get_generation_statusSee whether a video is ready to view.

Decide

compare_modelsTry one prompt across models with a spending limit.

Money

estimate_costCheck the price before generating.

Also on the server

create_mediagenerate_speechgenerate_imageedit_imageedit_videoextend_videosearch_creationsget_creationsave_creation_aslist_creative_entitiessearch_modelsupload_assetprepare_scrub_videopublish_pageget_account_balanceadd_credits

Setup

Connected in about a minute.

Pick your client — the steps for the others stay one tap away.

Claude4 steps

Open connector settings
In claude.ai, go to Settings → Connectors and choose “Add custom connector”. Your account and workspace must allow custom connectors.
2
Paste the NinjaChat endpoint
Name it NinjaChat and paste the server URL — nothing else to configure.
text
```
https://www.ninjachat.ai/api/mcp
```
Sign in when prompted
Sign in to NinjaChat and approve the connection. No API key needed. Enable NinjaChat in each chat or project where you want to use it.
Ask Claude to make something
Start a new chat and enable NinjaChat in the tools menu.