21 Claude Opus 5.5 video prompts that render straight to MP4

A good Opus 5.5 video prompt reads like a brief to a designer: the format, the facts, the copy you already know, and the sizes you need. Below are 21 prompts that work as written — swap in your own product, words and colours. Each one names the Skill that renders it, so the model follows a tested template instead of inventing a video pipeline from scratch. (New to this? Start with how Opus 5.5 video generation works.)

How to write a video prompt

Every prompt below follows the same pattern:

1. Format — "a countdown teaser", "a phone mockup scroll". Naming it lets the agent pick the right Skill.
2. The facts — product name, dates, prices, specs. The model never has to guess them.
3. The words you care about — your headline or the line you want highlighted. Let the agent draft the rest, then approve it.
4. Assets — file names of your logo, product photos or screenshots.
5. Sizes and languages — "9:16 and 1:1, in English and Spanish".

Social hooks (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)

1. Text message story — Skill

Make a 9:16 text-message video where a friend asks how I post five videos a day and I say my agent renders them. End with the caption "it's not magic, it's a Skill".

2. Notes app tips — Skill

Make a Notes App video titled "Things that changed my ads" with five short tips about hooks, captions and posting times. Dark mode.

3. Sticky notes — Skill

Make a sticky-note ad over product.jpg with three notes: "Stop editing at midnight", "Describe it once", "Get every format". End on "Try it free".

4. Hook text, five versions — Skill

Make five hook videos for A/B testing, each with a different first line about saving time on video ads. Highlight one surprise word in each.

5. Slides to reel — Skill

Turn slide1.png to slide4.png into a 9:16 reel with one benefit caption per slide, under seven words each.

Product and e-commerce

6. Spotlight reveal — Skill

Make a product reveal for bottle.png: kicker "Introducing", headline "Kova Bottle 2", sub line "Cold for 24 hours. Lighter than ever." 16:9 and 9:16.

7. Spec callouts — Skill

Make a 1:1 product callout video for bottle.png with four specs: 24 h cold (double-wall steel), 750 ml, leak-proof lid, 340 g.

8. Before / after — Skill

Make a before/after slider from old-room.jpg and new-room.jpg with the headline "Same room. One weekend."

9. Us vs them — Skill

Make an us-vs-them video comparing our planner with "a paper diary" on four rows. Only include differences that are true.

10. Limited drop — Skill

Make a halftone promo that says "Friday drop" with mug.png and a badge "Only 200 made".

11. Offer-first sale ad — Skill (Premium)

Make Black Friday ads for 25% off our bottle, mug and candle — regular prices $40, $24, $32 — ending 30 November with code FRIDAY25. 9:16 and 4:5, in English and German.

Apps and SaaS

12. Phone mockup scroll — Skill

Make a 9:16 phone-mockup video scrolling through full-screenshot.png with the headline "Your week, planned in one scroll".

13. Dashboard showcase — Skill

Make a 16:9 screenshot showcase of dashboard.png with callouts "Live revenue" at 20%, 28% and "Trend in one line" at 75%, 62%.

14. Release notes — Skill

Make a what's-new video for our October release with three features, written as benefits, and the button "Try it free".

15. How it works — Skill

Make a whiteboard explainer titled "How it works" with three steps: connect your store, pick a template, publish everywhere.

Proof and data

16. Stat reveal — Skill

Make a stat reveal from our own Q3 campaign data: vertical ads got 2.1x the clicks of square ones. Source line: "Kova ads, Jul–Sep 2026".

17. Review highlight — Skill

Make a review highlight from this customer quote (we have permission to use it), five stars, with the result "9 markets from one script".

Events, brand and covers

18. Countdown series — Skill

Make countdown teasers for our webinar on 12 November at 5 PM GMT — one each for 7, 3 and 1 days to go — with the button "Save your seat".

19. Logo sting — Skill

Make a 4-second logo reveal for logo.svg with the name Kova Home and the tagline "Made for slow mornings", in our brand orange.

20. Seasonal title card — Skill

Make a paper pop-up title that says "Autumn collection is here" with "Handmade, small batch". Use orange and rust hills.

21. YouTube thumbnail — Skill

Make a YouTube thumbnail that says "Cold for 24 hours?" with "24" highlighted, bottle.png and a "TESTED" tag. PNG at 1280×720.

Prompts to iterate

Once you have a draft, short follow-ups work best:

• "Make the headline shorter and render again."
• "Slow it down — about 8 seconds total."
• "Use #0E0E10 for the background and #FF6A3D as the accent."
• "Now the same in Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese, adapted, not translated."
• "Render 9:16, 4:5 and 16:9 finals and name the files by market and format."

One rule for every prompt

The model renders exactly what you tell it. Prices, discounts, ratings, statistics, quotes and "limited" claims must be true and, where it matters, sourced. The Skills' validators catch the obvious problems — a discount the prices don't support, a missing source line — but the facts are yours to get right.

Next: follow the step-by-step Opus 5.5 tutorial, or browse all video Skills.