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Turn sheets, decks and dashboards into animated videos with Claude Motion
Ben walks through eight ways his team uses Claude Motion, from product demos and onboarding videos to a weekly report video that posts itself in Slack, with the exact prompts.
Ben AI · YouTube · published Oct 15, 2026 · Content & Creative
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Using Claude Motion, turn [this spreadsheet or deck] into a 30-second animated video with a voiceover that explains the key numbers, and post it to [Slack channel] every [Monday].
Visual breakdown
Claude Motion turns spreadsheets, slide decks, analytics and app screenshots into animated videos built with code, not a video model, so they only cost Claude usage. Ben shows eight business uses, from ICP data videos and product demos to weekly Slack video reports on a schedule.
The problem: Data in sheets, decks, PDFs and dashboards is hard to engage with, and making polished explainer videos used to take far more time and money.
From data to a branded animated video
- Your sourceGoogle or Excel sheet, slide deck, connectors, meeting transcripts or real app screenshots
- Design system + referenceYour brand design system and a reference video in a style you like
- Storyboard firstClaude drafts scenes, copy and screenshots so you can fix structure and data before renderingDropped: Wrong metrics or structure, caught before the build
- Claude Motion buildsAnimates charts, numbers and screens in code, often one-shot
- Tweak in ClaudeEdit scene styles, fonts, text and durations, or comment on a visual
- MP4 or GIFDownload, share to the team's artifacts, or add a voice-over (e.g. ElevenLabs)
- On a scheduleA scheduled task can rebuild it weekly and post it to Slack
InputsYour editsClaudeResult
His eight use cases
- Complex data (e.g. CRM leads) into a 60-second video
- Product demos and client onboarding tutorials
- Social shorts, weekly analytics and client progress reports
- Decks into explainer videos, and weekly team updates
By the numbers
8use cases shown
$40minimum Claude team plan (2 seats) to try it now
< 1 dayto build a full onboarding tutorial page
20–30 slength of each onboarding clip
Make your first motion video
In the Claude desktop app (Cowork or Claude Code), open Artifacts and choose Motion. It's in beta for Team and Enterprise accounts.
- Give it the data or file and the length you want, e.g. a 60-second video of this sheet
- Say exactly what to visualize and apply your design system
- Add a reference video or a few reels in a style you like
- Ask for a storyboard first and iterate on it
- Let it build, then tweak scenes, text and timing in Claude
- Download the MP4, or ask for a voice-over and a scheduled task to repeat it
For app demos, tell Claude the app is installed so it uses computer use to take real screenshots.
Tips from his builds
- Set up a design system first so every video comes out in your brand style.
- A storyboard before the build saves rework on both the video and the data it shows.
- Claude can't put a voice track in the video directly; ask it to add one with ElevenLabs and send an MP4.
- For short-form, it can reuse your voice from an existing video instead of ElevenLabs.
- Using Anthropic's brand style gave him even better motion graphics.
Jump to the part you need
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How to try it
- Open Claude.
- Copy the prompt and fill in the [placeholders].
- Watch Ben AI's video for the full walkthrough and setup.
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