Video · Creator

TikTok character

RecommendedRecurring character, daily uploads

ElevenLabs gives you a consistent voice; Pika + Runway hold a consistent look across episodes; CapCut ships them.

· 5 months ago
VIDEOCREATORINTERMEDIATEIntermediateFrom $52/mo
The stack
Claude
Character bible + script

Long context lets you keep the persona, voice, and arc consistent over weeks.

Free · $20/mo Pro · $100/mo Max 5x · $200/mo Ultra · Sonnet API $2/$10 per M tokens (input/output)Alts: ChatGPT
ElevenLabs
Character voice

One cloned/marketplace voice = recognizable in 0.3s of audio. Worth it.

$6/mo Starter · $22/mo Creator
Pika
Pika
Visual style

Pick a Pika style preset and lock it. Runway is too photoreal for cartoon characters.

Free · $10/mo StandardAlts: Runway
CapCut
CapCut
Edit

Vertical-first, captions, fast.

Free · $9.99/mo Standard · $19.99/mo Pro
Real monthly cost
small
$52/mo
1 ep / day
  • claude$20
  • elevenlabs$22
  • pika$10
  • capcutFree
medium
$92/mo
1 ep + 3 shorts / day
  • claude$20
  • elevenlabs$22
  • pika$50 Pro
  • capcutFree
heavy
$310/mo
Multi-character agency
  • claude$80 API
  • elevenlabs$99
  • pika$50
  • + misc$81
Recent changes to this stack
featureOCT 29

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Anthropic released the Usage and Cost Analytics API in beta, enabling organizations to monitor token usage and costs across Claude API consumption with filtering and grouping by dimensions like model, workspace, and API key. The API provides /v1/organizations/analytics/usage and /v1/organizations/analytics/cost endpoints. Legacy usage reporting endpoints remain supported.

Workflow
  1. 1
    Lock the bibleClaude

    Claude project: persona, voice, visual style, recurring beats.

    Prompt · Character bible scaffold
    Build a character bible for a recurring short-form video character.
    
    Working idea: {{1-line concept, e.g. "a sarcastic raccoon who reviews tech"}}
    Niche: {{e.g. consumer tech, finance for Gen Z, parenting fails}}
    Format: 60-second daily videos, vertical, AI-generated visuals.
    
    Output the bible in this exact structure:
    
    1. **Persona** (120 words): name, age, occupation, where they "live", what they care about, what they hate. Specific, not generic.
    2. **Voice** (80 words): cadence, pet phrases (list 5), what they NEVER say, sample line.
    3. **Visual style** (60 words): art direction (one reference if helpful), color palette, camera angle defaults, costume / accessories that recur.
    4. **Recurring beats** (5): the 5 episode formats this character can rotate through (e.g. "rant review", "explain like I'm tired").
    5. **Hard rules** (list 5): things the character must never do — to keep them recognizable.
    
    Save this as the project context for every future episode prompt.
  2. 2
    Daily scriptClaude

    Pull the bible + today's news; Claude writes 60s of dialogue.

    Prompt · 60-second daily script
    Use the character bible from this project.
    
    Today's beat: {{e.g. "rant review of Apple's new Vision Pro update"}}
    Source material:
    """
    {{paste 1 to 2 articles, tweets, or screenshots-as-text}}
    """
    
    Write a 60-second script (about 150 spoken words) in character voice.
    
    Structure:
    - 0:00 to 0:03 — Hook line. Specific, in voice, no "today we're talking about".
    - 0:03 to 0:45 — Body. 3 beats. One concrete fact or quote per beat.
    - 0:45 to 0:60 — Payoff line. Punchy, in voice, leaves the viewer with one idea.
    
    Format the output as:
    [0:00] Line spoken on screen
    [B-ROLL: what's visible behind the line]
    
    Stay under 160 words. No "subscribe for more". No filler.
  3. 3
    Voice + visualsPika

    ElevenLabs renders the line; Pika renders the scene; mash in CapCut.

  4. 4
    ShipCapCut

    Upload at 6pm local. CapCut auto-suggests caption variants.

What it produced
Character account, 90k followers in 4 months

Brand: a sarcastic raccoon who reviews tech. Daily 60s episodes. Two sponsorships in month 4 at $1,200 each.

Common pitfalls
Visual drift

Pika style preset only carries you so far; lock a seed + a reference image, re-render if it slips.

Voice sounding generic on day 30

Re-clone every 60 days as ElevenLabs models update; pin a sample line for QA.

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