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Generate images, PDFs and videos in Claude.

Connect Orshot to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or claude.ai and ask Claude to generate branded images, PDFs and video from your templates.

30 free credits · no credit card · hosted MCP, no local install

What Orshot for Agents can do for you:

  • Generate on-brand templates
  • Render carousels, videos from your data
  • Manage your brand assets
  • Plug API, Automation Workflows
  • Post, draft, schedule social content
  • Analyze your social metrics
  • Tell your best time to post
  • See what gets engagement, what doesn't
  • Get every number you need to grow
Claude Code (CLI)
claude mcp add orshot --transport http https://mcp.orshot.com/mcp
Claude Desktop / Web
https://mcp.orshot.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL.

Or paste this config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orshot": { "url": "https://mcp.orshot.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Paste into ~/.claude/settings.json.

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Then just ask

Ask in plain language. Claude does the rest.

Once connected, Claude can call the Orshot tools directly. You describe the visual you want, it renders it from your template and hands back the links.

  • Render OG images, ad creatives and carousels from a template
  • Resize one design to every social format in a single call
  • Generate certificates, invoices and reports as PDFs
  • Publish the render straight to social, in the same step
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You
Render the launch template as an OG image and an Instagram story, and change the title to "We just shipped".
Claude calls the Orshot MCP tools and returns the rendered links.
Create

On-brand carousels, documents and reels, from a prompt.

Describe the piece and Claude builds it from your templates: a LinkedIn carousel, a one-page document, a reel cover, already in your fonts and colors.

Create an Instagram post template with a headline, subtitle and product image.

List my studio templates and tell me which ones have a video layer.

Agent session
Completed
You

Build a 6-slide Instagram carousel for our Black Friday sale: product-first, brand palette, CTA on slide 6.

Agent
orshot_create_template_design
Template #4821 · 6-slide carousel
Brand fonts + colors pulled from Acme's kitDynamic product / CTA fields on every slide.
Render

Render images, video and PDFs from your data source.

Point Claude at a Google Sheet, an Airtable or a list of rows and it renders one asset per record from a template you designed once: product shots, certificates, thumbnails, the lot.

Render the launch template as a 1080×1920 story and a 1200×630 OG image.

Make an Instagram carousel from the promo template with these three headlines.

Agent session
Completed
You

Render a product banner for every SKU in rows A1–A500: image, name, sale price, 'Limited' badge.

Agent
orshot_generate_image × 500
500 product banners in 1m 52s
Signed URLs · avg 220 ms per bannerStraight into your CDN for product pages.
Publish

Post to 15+ social platforms, via Claude and API.

Claude posts to the accounts you have connected, holds a draft for you to read first, or schedules a whole week for the times and timezone you name. Every one of those actions is an API call too.

Render this post and publish it to Instagram and LinkedIn.

Render the announcement and save it as a draft to all my connected accounts.

Agent session
Completed
You

Render this week's product drop from the Announcement template and publish it to our Instagram and LinkedIn.

Agent
orshot_list_social_accountsorshot_generate_imageorshot_publish_social_post
Posted to Instagram + LinkedIn
Rendered from the Announcement templateLive now · caption and first comment set.
Automate

Automate the loop, or drop the API into your codebase.

Have Claude wire up an Orshot Workflow that keeps running after the chat: a trigger, a data source, your template and a destination. Or skip Claude and call the REST API straight from your own app.

Set up a workflow that renders a fresh OG image whenever I add a blog row in Airtable.

Run my weekly-report workflow and show me the last run's outputs.

Agent session
Completed
You

Set up a workflow: every Monday 9am, render the Weekly Deals template from the newest Google Sheet row and post it to our Slack.

Agent
orshot_list_workflow_nodesorshot_create_workfloworshot_run_workflow
Workflow is live, runs every Monday
Sheet row → render → Slack, no clicks involvedTest run passed · next run scheduled automatically.
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FAQ

Using Orshot with Claude

Does this work in Claude Code, Claude Desktop and claude.ai?

Yes. Claude Code uses the CLI command, while Claude Desktop and claude.ai add Orshot as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors. All three connect to the same hosted server.

Do I need a paid Claude plan?

Claude Code connects on any Claude access. Custom connectors in Claude Desktop and claude.ai are available on Claude's paid plans.

Can Claude render PDFs and video, not just images?

Yes. Ask Claude to render any Orshot template as a PNG, a multi-page PDF or an MP4, and it returns the hosted links.

Does Claude render from my own templates and brand kit?

Yes. Claude renders from the studio templates in your workspace, and every render inherits your brand kit: fonts, colors and logos.

What can Claude do with Orshot once connected?

You can ask Claude in plain language to render images, PDFs and video from your Orshot templates, resize one design to every social format, and publish the result to social. No image infrastructure to build.

Is the Orshot MCP server free to use?

Connecting is free. Renders draw from your Orshot plan, and every account starts with 30 free credits and no credit card.

Give Claude your templates. 30 free credits to try.

No credit card. Connect the hosted MCP server, then let Claude render images, PDFs and video from your Orshot templates.