Claude Motion Guide

Claude Motion is a beta feature that Anthropic launched on October 8, 2026. It turns text, charts, diagrams, and images into short animated explainer videos.

Unlike an AI video generator, Motion:

• Writes code to animate your content
• Moves text, shapes, charts, and images
• Generates no footage and no AI people
• Leaves every word, number, and timing editable
• Exports to MP4

Motion animates what you provide. Accuracy stays your job.

Team

Included in the beta and on by default

Enterprise

Off until an owner turns it on

Free, Pro, and Max

Not part of the beta

Motion carries no separate fee. It draws on your plan’s usage limits, and longer or more complex animations use more.

• Request an animation in any chat
• Type /motion into the message box
• Select Output in the message box, then Motion
• Choose a Motion template from the Artifacts tab

• A report, a spreadsheet, or a chart
• Images, logos, or screenshots
• The audience who will watch
• Where it will play, such as a meeting or a social feed
• An approximate length
• What to reveal, and in what order

Turn the attached Q3 chart into a 30-second animation for our board meeting. Show revenue first, then margin, then the three drivers. Use our navy and white brand colors.

Edit in chat or in the built-in editor. Changing one detail leaves everything else as it was.

• “Slow the second scene down.”
• “In the final chart, change 12% to 14%.”
• “Hold the final frame for two seconds.”
• “Make the title bigger and bold.”
• “Swap the logo for this file.”

• Download it as an MP4
• Share a link, because animations start out private
• Find your saved animations in the Artifacts tab
• Invite up to 50 outside people per artifact, if your admin permits outside sharing

You can pass animations to tools such as Adobe, Descript, HeyGen, Luma AI, and Runway. Canva and Captions are listed as coming soon.

• Quarterly results for leadership
• Product walkthroughs
• Training explainers for processes
• Social clips built from one key chart
• Launch announcements
• Data stories for clients

Enterprise owners turn on Motion in Organization settings:

• Under Capabilities, turn on Cloud code execution and file creation
• Under Artifacts, turn on Artifacts, then the Motion template
• Limit Motion to specific groups with custom roles if needed

On HIPAA-ready configurations, the Business Associate Agreement does not cover Motion artifacts. Keep protected health information out of them.

• One message per animation
• Animate the key chart, not every bullet point
• Keep on-screen text short and large
• Reveal information in a logical sequence
• Apply your brand colors and fonts
• Close with one takeaway or call to action

• Every number, against the source
• Spelling and names
• Timing: can viewers read every line?
• Rights to every image or logo
• Sensitive data that must stay hidden

Create a [length]-second animated explainer from the attached [report, chart, or notes] for [audience], to play in [setting]. Key message: [one sentence]. Reveal in this order: [points]. Style: [brand colors, fonts, tone]. Aspect ratio: [ratio]. Keep every number exactly as it appears in the source. End with: [takeaway or call to action].