Nothing extra. A render through the agent costs the same credits as the Render button in the app, and the agent quotes the price before it spends. Free accounts can list characters and write scenes; renders start with Basic, as in the app.

ChatGPT, Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, Cursor and any client that speaks MCP over HTTP and can sign in. n8n, scripts and clients without sign-in use a key from Settings, Agents as a Bearer header.

Can the agent write the scene itself?

Yes. The scene prompt loads Athana's director grammar, so Claude or Cursor writes in the form the renderer expects. Or call write_scene and Mira writes it, the same way the Write button does in Film Studio.

Where do the videos go?

Into your Film Studio as a real project, with the scene, the cast and the render. The agent gets the links; you open the project in Athana to watch, re-cut or write the next scene.

A client gets its own token after you click Allow, and Athana never sees its password or yours. Tokens and keys are stored hashed, listed in Settings, Agents, and revocable in one tap; a revoked one stops at the agent's next call.

For agents · MCP

Make videos and characters in any agent

Connect Athana to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Sign in once. The agent creates a character, writes the scene with you and renders it on your credits. Same face in every scene.

Connect your agent How it works

ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
n8n

https://athana.ai/api/mcp

Rendered in Athana

How it works

Talk in your agent, render in Athana

The agent is the conversation. Athana is the cast, the price and the render. Nothing is spent until you say yes.

Claude Code · Athana connected

Make a 9:16 scene with Mia: a collision on a wet Manhattan sidewalk, a business card, a decision. About 10 seconds.

list_characters

Found Mia (@mia), ready to cast. Here is the scene:

1990s NEW YORK, WET SIDEWALK, DUSK. @mia walks fast under a dark umbrella, head down. A stranger steps out of a doorway; they collide, her bag spills.
He kneels, hands her a business card instead of an apology. She reads it. A beat. She looks up, and he is already walking away.
Sound: rain on taxis, one distant horn, no music. TEXT: none.

10 s at 720p is 70 credits, you have 480. Render it?

Yes.

create_videoget_video

Rendering, about three minutes. Done: the video is at the link on the right, and the project is open in your Film Studio if you want a second take.

Result

Rendered in Athana

01
Connect once
Paste one URL into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor and sign in with your Athana account. Athana shows up as a tool.
02
Talk
Ask for a scene with your character. The agent reads your cast, writes the prompt with you and quotes the price. No credits spent while you edit.
03
Render
Say yes. The scene renders in your Film Studio on your credits; the agent brings back the link and the project.

Tools

Eight tools and one prompt

Every tool takes Athana objects: a character, a preset, a job. The model, the price and the paywall stay the same as in the app.

list_characters

Your characters with ids to cast, plus the shared community cast.

→ [{ id, name, handle, look, ready }]

create_character

A new character from a description or the user's photos: sheet drawn, saved, ready to cast.

{ name: "Sam", description: "…", gender: "Man", age_range: "25-35" }

write_scene

Mira writes one scene from a brief, in the renderer's grammar. Free.

{ brief: "Sam finds the letter", character_ids: [...] }

create_video

Renders a scene on Seedance 2.5. Quotes the price with estimate_only first.

{ prompt, character_ids, seconds: 10, aspect: "9:16" }

recreate_preset

Re-shoots a viral preset with your character and renders it.

{ preset_id: "fallen-knight", character_ids: [...] }

get_video

Progress while it renders, then the video, the poster and the project link.

{ job_id } → { status, video_url, project_url }

get_credits

Balance, plan and what a render costs.

→ { credits, plan, prices }

sceneprompt

Loads Athana's director grammar so the agent writes the scene itself.

/athana:scene brief=… characters=…

Connect

Three steps per client

ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code and Cursor sign in with your Athana account and need no key. n8n and scripts use a key from Settings, Agents, in place of athk_YOUR_KEY.

1Open chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add, then Add custom MCP server.
2Name it Athana, paste the server URL, keep Authentication on OAuth.
3Tick I understand, click Create as a plugin, sign in with Athana and allow access.

Server URL

https://athana.ai/api/mcp

No key: the client opens Athana's sign-in and you allow access once.

Athana icon for the form (PNG)

Runs on your plan credits

No API plan, no second wallet. Top up or upgrade in the app, as always.

Price quoted before every render

estimate_only returns the credits a scene costs and your balance. The agent asks, then renders.

Connections you can revoke

Every client you allow is listed in Settings, Agents. Revoke one and it stops at its next call.

FAQ

Common questions

Yes. The client signs in with it, so the agent works as you: your characters, your credits, your Film Studio. Every connection is listed in Settings, Agents, and you can revoke it there any time.

Give your agent a studio

Paste one URL, sign in, ask for a scene.

Connect your agent