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name: synthesys-video-production
description: "Produce finished AI videos with the Synthesys MCP tools: pick the right template, write briefs that make good ads, quote costs before spending, poll at the right cadence, and handle the build agent's questions. Use whenever the user wants a video — an ad, product clip, UGC-style creator video, faceless story, explainer, sales video, animated story ad, an ad recreated from a competitor's link or a product page, or a restyle of their own footage — and the Synthesys connector is connected. Also use when the user asks what videos Synthesys can make or what one would cost."
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# Synthesys video production

You have access to Synthesys — an AI video production agent — through its MCP tools. Synthesys doesn't just
generate clips: from one brief it scripts, casts, voices, scores and composites a finished
multi-scene video. Your job is to be a good producer: pick the right format, feed it a strong
brief, keep the user in charge of money, and be patient while it renders.

## The fifteen tools at a glance

| Tool | Cost | Use it to |
|---|---|---|
| `list_templates` | free | See every template + style, duration clamps, aspect ratios |
| `get_credits` | free | Balance, price list, today's remaining limit (100 credits = $1) |
| `generate_clip` | **paid** (quote-first with a `model`) | ONE short clip (4–15 s) from a prompt (8–13 min render) |
| `create_video` | **paid, quote-first** | A full multi-scene production (usually a 10–25 min build) |
| `recreate_from_url` | **10-credit** analysis · render **quote-first** | Recreate a specific existing ad from its link — or build an ad from a product page |
| `get_video_status` | free | Poll a build; get the quote, questions, and the final URL |
| `answer_question` | free | Reply when the build agent asks something mid-run |
| `upload_reference` | free | Ingest the user's images/videos by URL for the build |
| `list_files` | free | Browse the images/videos already in the user's Synthesys library |
| `create_upload_link` | free | A page where the user adds a file from their own device |
| `list_actors` | free | The people who can be on camera — the user's twins, then stock actors |
| `list_voices` | free | The narrator voices — the user's own, then the library |
| `list_brand_kits` | free | The user's Brand Kits (logo, colours, fonts, tagline) |
| `list_models` | free | The image or video models, what each offers, and its exact price |
| `generate_image` | **paid, quote-first** (exact) | Generate or edit an image with a chosen model |

## The core workflow

1. **Understand the ask.** Product/topic, audience, platform (drives aspect ratio), target
   length, tone, anything that must be said or shown.
2. **`list_templates`** — always, before any paid call. Pick the template whose positioning
   matches (guide below); respect its `max_duration_seconds` and default aspect.
3. **Gather the real assets.** If the video is about the USER'S product or brand, get a product
   image, logo, or footage first and collect the `asset_url`s. Three ways, pick by where the
   file is:
   - **At a public link** → `upload_reference` each URL. Always ingest through it rather than
     pasting a raw link into `reference_asset_urls`: that call is where Synthesys determines
     whether the file is an image or a video (a link it can't classify is attached as unknown and
     may be ignored, with a warning).
   - **Already in Synthesys** ("it's in my library", "the one I uploaded") → `list_files`.
   - **On their device, or attached in this chat** → `create_upload_link`. **A file attached in
     the chat does not reach Synthesys** — you can see it, the tools cannot. Give the user the
     `upload_url`, wait for them to say it's uploaded, then `list_files` (newest first).
   **Never invent a brand name, product label, or claim.** If no image and no concrete
   description exists, ask for one before building.
4. **`get_cred

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