So here's what the video showed: big words slamming in, shapes morphing, some 3D, the camera flying through it, and nobody touched After Effects. It's Katana, Higgsfield's editing skill, running inside Claude through Higgsfield's connector. You type what you want in the chat and Claude has Higgsfield make it. (A connector is the plug that lets Claude use another company's tools. Higgsfield is an AI image and video company.)
One thing the short video didn't have time for: Katana doesn't start from a blank page. Higgsfield says you start with a reference video or one of Katana's presets (a ready-made edit), and then you describe what should change, like your words, your subject and what to keep. So the one prompt is real, it just sits on top of an edit you picked. This guide does the whole thing: add the connector, shop the presets for free, write the prompt, and see the credit cost before anything renders, because it runs on Higgsfield credits and I want to see the price first.
Start here: paste this into ChatGPT or Claude
Not technical? Start here. Copy this prompt into ChatGPT or Claude and it walks you through the whole guide, one step at a time, in plain English. It asks before it assumes anything and checks with you before anything that costs money, reaches a real customer or deletes something. The rest of the page is the same guide, written out, if you'd rather do it yourself.
Hi. Please be my patient setup helper. I run a business and I'm not technical, so go one step at a time, tell me exactly what to click or type, and wait for me to say done before the next step.
Goal: connect Higgsfield (an AI image and video company) to Claude with Higgsfield's connector, then make my first short animation with Katana, Higgsfield's editing skill inside Claude, from one written prompt. I want to see the credit cost before anything gets made. Follow this guide; it's the source of truth for every step:
https://receiptsgroup.com/guides/higgsfield-claude-katana
Words to explain to me in plain English the first time you use them: connector, custom connector, MCP, sign in and approve access, credits, Katana, preset, reference video, generation, moderation.
Steps:
1. Ask me if I have a Claude account and which plan. Claude's free plan can add one custom connector; if I already have one on the free plan, tell me, and stop before any upgrade: that costs money, so I decide.
2. Ask me if I have a paid Higgsfield plan. Higgsfield says the connector needs an active paid subscription and every generation uses credits. If I don't have one, show me the plans from the guide's cost table and stop. I decide if I buy one.
3. Walk me through adding the connector in Claude (claude.ai or the Claude desktop app): open Connectors (Anthropic's help puts it under Customize > Connectors; Higgsfield's help says Settings > Connectors), click Add custom connector, name it Higgsfield, paste https://mcp.higgsfield.ai/mcp, and continue. A Higgsfield window opens: I sign in and approve access myself. Never ask me for my password.
4. Have me start a new chat, click the + at the lower left, open Connectors and check Higgsfield is switched on.
5. When Claude asks to use a Higgsfield tool, tell me what that tool does before I click allow. Tell me not to pick Allow always on anything that makes images or videos, because there's no built-in credit cap and that click is my brake.
6. First test, free: have me paste the guide's preset-shopping prompt (it starts with /katana). It lists presets and makes nothing.
7. Help me pick one preset and write my changes with the guide's second prompt: my words on screen, what to keep, and up to five photos of my subject. If Katana opens a Higgsfield upload window, that's where my photos go; photos dropped straight into the chat don't reach it.
8. Before anything generates, show me the credit cost and wait for my yes. Only after my yes: make the video.
9. When it's done, watch it with me and check it for a customer's face, an address, a house number or a phone number I don't want out there, before I post it anywhere.
Rules: Every generation spends credits, so never generate without showing me the cost and getting my yes. Only photos of people who agreed to it, and no logos or footage I don't have the rights to. If my screen doesn't match the guide, tell me what you expected and ask me what I see; don't guess. Never ask me for a password, key or code.
House rules for this setup:
- If you use a technical word, explain it in plain English the first time.
- Ask me before you assume anything about my business, my accounts or my setup.
- Stop and check with me before anything that costs money or spends credits.
- Stop and check with me before anything that sends, posts or publishes to real people.
- Stop and check with me before you delete or overwrite anything.How the pieces connect
This is the manual way: every step, every prompt and every fix. The helper prompt above follows it too.
- 1Your promptA chat in Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app)→ what you want, in plain words
- 2The connectorHiggsfield's MCP connector, signed in to your Higgsfield account→ Claude can use Higgsfield's tools
- 3KatanaA preset or your reference video, your photos, your changes→ a plan for the edit and its credit cost
- 4Your yesYou approve the cost in the chat→ credits spent
- 5The videoHiggsfield's models make it→ an MP4 that matches the reference's length and shape
Every change you ask for after that is a new generation, so it can cost more credits. Katana shows the cost before each one.
Words you'll see
- MCP: Model Context Protocol, the standard plug AI apps use to reach other companies' tools. Higgsfield's MCP link is the address of that plug.
- Custom connector: a connector you add yourself by pasting its link into Claude, instead of picking it from a list.
- Katana: Higgsfield's skill in Claude that remakes a reference edit with your own subject, words, pacing and effects.
- Preset: a ready-made edit in Katana's catalog that you use as the reference, so you don't need your own video.
- Credits: Higgsfield's money for making images and videos. The cost depends on the model, the resolution and the length.
Add the Higgsfield connector to Claude
Have a paid Higgsfield plan
Higgsfield says the connector needs an active paid subscription, and every generation through Claude uses credits, whatever plan you're on. The unlimited models and free generations on higgsfield.ai don't apply through the connector. Plans are in the cost table below.
Open Connectors in Claude
Whereclaude.ai or the Claude desktop appAnthropic's help page puts it under Customize > Connectors; Higgsfield's own help says Settings > Connectors. Use whichever your Claude shows. On Claude's free plan you can add one custom connector, so if you already have one, that's your one.
Add the custom connector
Click Add custom connector (on Anthropic's page it sits behind + Add). Name it Higgsfield and paste the link below as the server URL. Then click through: Continue and Add on Anthropic's version, Connect on Higgsfield's.
https://mcp.higgsfield.ai/mcpPermissionsA Higgsfield window opens. Sign in to your Higgsfield account and approve access; if you're already signed in on higgsfield.ai, Higgsfield says this happens on its own. Anthropic's advice: read what the sign-in asks for and deny anything that looks unnecessary. Nothing here needs an API key.Switch it on in a chat
Back in Claude, Higgsfield should be in your connectors list. Start a new chat, click the + at the lower left, open Connectors and make sure Higgsfield's switch is on.
Hit allow, but not always
The first time Claude wants a Higgsfield tool, it asks you. Click allow for the one you're using. I'd skip Allow always on anything that makes images or videos, because Higgsfield says there's no built-in credit cap on the connector, and that click is the only brake you've got. Anthropic says the same thing in its own words: Allow always only for tools you trust to run unsupervised.
First test: shop the presets (free), then one short run
Looking costs nothing; making does. With the Higgsfield connector on, paste this. /katana opens Katana's preset catalog in the chat, and Higgsfield sorts the presets into personalized edits, style transfer and motion transfer.
/katana
Show me the Katana presets that have big on-screen text, shapes that morph, some 3D and a camera move that flies through it. Vertical ones first, the shortest ones first. Tell me in one line what each one does. Don't generate anything.Then pick one and write your changes. Katana's output matches the reference's length, shape and frame rate, so a short vertical preset makes a short vertical video. Fill in the brackets:
Use the <preset name> preset.
Change the on-screen text to my words, in this order:
"STORM HIT YOUR ROOF?"
"FREE INSPECTION THIS WEEK"
"<your company name>"
Use my photos as the subject (I'll add them in the Higgsfield upload window).
Keep the pacing, the transitions and the camera moves from the preset.
Before you generate, tell me the credit cost and wait for my yes.Good: it confirms the preset, lists your words in order, opens a Higgsfield upload window for your photos (up to five), and stops with a credit cost. Bad: it starts generating without a price. Stop it, and add "Never generate without showing me the cost first" to your next message.
Say yes only if the number's fine. When the video comes back, watch it all the way through. I'd try a couple of presets like this before I pick one for real work, because each one is a different look and a different cost.
Real use: prompts for real jobs
Use Katana to remake this reference video with my subject and my words. Here's the reference: <upload it, or paste a direct link to the video file>. Keep its pacing, transitions and camera movement. My words on screen: <your words>. Show me the credit cost first and wait for my yes.Make one more version of the last edit with different on-screen text: <new words>. Keep everything else the same. Tell me the credit cost first.Make me an edit of this product using Higgsfield. The product is <what it is>; I'll add up to five photos in the upload window. Pick a short vertical Katana preset that fits and tell me which one and why, plus the credit cost, before you make anything.The other way in: Claude Code
If you already work in Claude Code (Anthropic's coding tool that runs in your terminal), Higgsfield's route there is different: no custom connector, but Higgsfield's command-line tool and its skills. Higgsfield's help says you just ask Claude Code to set it up, and it runs these three. You finish the sign-in in the browser window that opens.
npm i -g @higgsfield/cli
higgsfield auth login
npx skills add higgsfield-ai/skillsSame account, same credits, same paid plan. To disconnect it later, you log out through the command-line tool.
What it costs
| Tool | Plan | Monthly, list price |
|---|---|---|
| Claude | Free (one custom connector) | $0 |
| Claude | Pro | $20 billed monthly, or $17 a month billed yearly ($200 up front) |
| Higgsfield | Starter, 200 credits a month | $15 |
| Higgsfield | Plus, 1,000 credits a month | $49 |
| Higgsfield | Ultra, 3,000 credits a month | $129 |
| Katana | Runs on your Higgsfield credits, no separate bill | The cost shows in Claude before each generation |
How the credits work: what one video costs depends on the model, the resolution and the length, so there's no flat price per animation. Subscription credits reset every cycle and don't roll over. Credit packs are one-time buys and expire 90 days after you buy them. Corrections that need a new generation cost more credits. So for most people it's the smallest Higgsfield plan plus the Claude plan you already have, and then a couple of short test runs to see what your style actually costs.
When it breaks
Claude doesn't use Higgsfield, or there's no Katana
/katana.Claude's free plan won't let you add the connector
Higgsfield says you need a plan, or you're out of credits
It spent more credits than you expected
Your photos didn't show up in the video
Your reference link gets refused
The video came out the wrong length or shape
A generation was declined
You need to change the connector's link, or turn it off
That's the setup
One connector, one prompt on top of a preset you picked, and a credit price before every render. That's how you get the motion-designer look without dragging a single keyframe.
Checked on Oct 31, 2026 against
Every claim about a third-party tool in this guide (plans, prices, menu paths, commands, limits) was checked against these official pages on Oct 31, 2026. These screens change often: if something looks different, trust the page over this guide.
- Higgsfield Help: Connect Higgsfield to an AI agentAdd custom connector in Claude, the MCP link, sign in and approve; paid plan required; every generation uses credits; no unlimited or free generations through MCP; no built-in credit cap; Claude Code's three commands; how to disconnect.
- Higgsfield: MCPThe MCP link, 30+ image and video models, no API key, the Katana bundle.
- Higgsfield: KatanaStart with a reference video or a Katana preset, then describe the changes; After Effects and Blender not required.
- Higgsfield: Katana explained
/katanaand/katana/<preset-name>, preset categories, up to five photos, output matches the reference's length, shape and frame rate, cost shown before each generation, no separate MCP billing, upload window, no profile links, moderation. - Higgsfield Help: How credits workCost depends on model, resolution and length; subscription credits reset and don't roll over; credit packs expire 90 days after purchase.
- Higgsfield Help: How plans workThe free plan has no credits; every plan's credits reset at renewal; current prices are on the pricing page.
- Higgsfield: Pricing explainedStarter $15 with 200 credits, Plus $49 with 1,000, Ultra $129 with 3,000 a month (published 2026-10-24, checked 2026-10-31).
- Higgsfield: PricingThe live plans and prices; check here before you buy.
- Claude Help: Custom connectors using remote MCPFree plan limited to one custom connector; Customize > Connectors, + Add, Add custom connector; the + menu in a chat; Allow always only for trusted tools; remove and re-add to edit.
- Claude: Plans and pricingFree $0; Pro $20 billed monthly or $17 a month billed yearly ($200 up front) (checked 2026-10-31).
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