# ShortGenius

> AI video creation on autopilot — for humans and AI agents. Draft a video from a topic, script, URL, or the news; render up to 2 minutes with captions, voiceover, and music; auto-publish to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X. Recurring Series generate and publish new videos on a schedule. Everything in the web app is also available to agents via REST API, MCP, CLI, and SDKs with one API key.

## For AI agents

- Agent setup prompt: https://shortgenius.com/prompt.md — one-step skills + MCP install instructions for AI coding agents (paste "Fetch https://shortgenius.com/prompt.md" into any agent)
- REST API: https://api.shortgenius.com/v1 — OpenAPI, bearer auth with `sg-` API keys from https://shortgenius.com/developers
- MCP server: https://app.shortgenius.com/api/mcp — 26 tools (draft/create videos, series, images, speech, voices, music, connections, credits); OAuth 2.0 (with dynamic client registration) or API-key auth
- CLI: `npm install -g @shortgenius/cli` — every command supports `--json`; auth via `shortgenius login --api-key sg-...` or `SHORTGENIUS_API_KEY`
- Skills: `npx skills add shortgenius/skills` — create-video and autopilot-series skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and SKILL.md-compatible agents
- SDKs: `shortgenius` on npm (TypeScript) and PyPI (Python)
- Automation: Zapier, Make, and n8n integrations
- API docs index (machine-readable): https://shortgenius.gitbook.io/llms.txt — full text: https://shortgenius.com/llms-full.txt

## Pricing (USD)

1 credit = 1 video up to 2 minutes, including captions, voiceover, and music. Pay-as-you-go credit top-ups available on every plan. Full details: https://shortgenius.com/pricing

- Standard: $39/month — 30 video credits/month (≈$1.30 per video)
- Pro: $69/month — 60 video credits/month (≈$1.15 per video)
- Growth: $99/month — 120 video credits/month (≈$0.82 per video)
- Scale: $249/month — 300 video credits/month (≈$0.83 per video)

## Docs

- [API documentation](https://shortgenius.com/docs): quickstarts (TypeScript, Python), API reference, MCP setup
- [Developer dashboard](https://shortgenius.com/developers): API keys, request logs, webhooks

## Product

- [Home](https://shortgenius.com): AI video creation platform overview
- [Pricing](https://shortgenius.com/pricing): plans and credit top-ups
- [Blog](https://shortgenius.com/blog): product updates and guides