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Claude Code

Anthropic's coding assistant. In a video workflow, it is the part that turns your description into the code HyperFrames renders.

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Claude Code is Anthropic's coding assistant. It works inside a project folder: it reads files, writes and edits them, and runs commands, asking for your permission before it runs anything. You talk to it in plain language. It comes with paid Claude plans that include it (Pro or higher), and the official documentation and install guide are at code.claude.com/docs.

Claude Code runs in a terminal on a Mac or Windows computer, and it can also run in the cloud from the Claude app, where each session works inside a GitHub repository. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC.

Why creators use it for video

Video made with code needs someone to write the code. That is the part Claude Code does. You describe the video, for example "a 6-second vertical hook where three words slam in, with a hit on each word", and Claude Code:

  1. creates a project folder,
  2. writes the page that describes the video (layout, timing, animation and sound),
  3. runs the checks and looks at still frames,
  4. renders the MP4 with HyperFrames,
  5. reports what it made and what it fixed.

When you want a change, you say it in a sentence and it edits the files and renders again.

Skills

Claude Code can load skills: folders with instructions and reference files that teach it a specific job. HyperFrames ships official skills for its composition format and command line. Packs and teams can add their own, for example house rules for timing, safe zones and sound, so a short prompt is enough to get a consistent result.

Prompts that work

Claude Code does what the prompt makes clear and guesses the rest. For video, a prompt that states the canvas, the timed scenes, the style, the sounds and how to finish leaves little to guess. See how to write a video prompt.

HyperFrames is the renderer Claude Code drives in this workflow. To try it from a phone, see making Reels from your phone. Motion Cheat Code is not made by or affiliated with Anthropic.

To see the workflow on a real template, the free starter kit has three prompts written for Claude Code and one template to render.

Questions

Is Claude Code free?

No. It comes with a paid Claude plan that includes it (Pro or higher), which you buy from Anthropic. The tools it uses for video, such as HyperFrames, Node.js and FFmpeg, are free.

Does Claude Code run on Windows?

Yes. It runs on Mac and Windows computers, and in the cloud from the Claude app, where it works inside a GitHub repository.

Do I need to read the code it writes?

No. You describe the result and review the video. Knowing roughly what the files contain helps you ask for precise changes, but you never have to type code yourself.