Should You Use Agent Opus to Make Claymation Videos for Your Membership?

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Have you seen the ads for easy ways to create Claymation videos? Here is a quick breakdown of how one of these tools actually works, using a sample we made ourselves.

The attached video was created with Agent Opus, the AI video agent from the team behind OpusClip. (My favorite way to split up long videos)

We selected Claymation from the style menu and wrote a basic prompt requesting a video on the most important parts of building a dynamic membership on Skool. That was the entire setup: no extra resources, no custom input, all default. (see attached image)

What you are seeing is the floor, not the ceiling.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀

You can paste in your own script or hand the agent an idea. Either works, but the input you give it decides the quality you get back. Write and tighten your script outside the tool first, then drop it in. The same goes for song lyrics in Suno and most generative tools: better input, better output, every time.

From there, you can review and adjust a storyboard before the agent generates the final video and voiceover. That is your chance to fix pacing, wording, and visuals before committing. You can also record and upload your own voiceover instead.

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

There is also animation, an explainer, a space cinematic, plastic blocks, and a straight promotional video, so you are not locked into one look. You can also upload your own logo, characters, and objects, which is important if you want the output to stay on brand across your content.

𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁?

The same answer applies here as with almost any similar tool. It comes down to whether you will put in a little time to learn the controls and how to get good results. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 inside and out. With practice and refined inputs, there is real room to produce something good.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀

The free version provides a single video, so you'll need the Pro plan to use this. Pro currently runs $174 a year for 3,600 credits, which Agent Opus says is about 120 videos at 30 seconds each. Higher plans are available if your volume is higher, but Pro is the right reference point for most memberships.

𝗠𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹: 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵.

You will redo videos, some styles or features burn more credits than others, and not every attempt is a keeper. So plan on a maximum of about 60 finished, polished videos, not 120. That puts the real cost around $174 divided by 60, or roughly $3 per finished video. That is the figure worth deciding against, not the headline.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

Tools like this come and go and fall in and out of favor, so the better question is not whether the software is impressive on its own.

It is whether it helps your membership specifically.

Could short videos in rotating styles, Claymation one week and different motion graphics the next, give your community something fresh to react to and share?

If yes, the learning curve pays for itself. If you would only use it once or twice, start with the free tier.

Either way, the value is not in the novelty of the format. It is about whether the output serves the people you are building for.

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Should You Use Agent Opus to Make Claymation Videos for Your Membership?