Reels Ads with AI: Make Them Inside Claude | Polaris

The fastest way to make Reels ads with AI right now is to connect Polaris to Claude as an MCP tool, then just ask Claude in chat to build the ad from a product photo or script — no separate app tab, no timeline editor. Here's the full workflow.

What you need before you start

• A Claude account with the ability to add an MCP connector.
• A product photo (or a short script/hook you want an AI actor to read).
• 5-10 minutes for your first batch — after that, repeat batches are quicker since you already know your settings.

Step-by-step: making a Reels ad with Polaris in Claude

1. Add the connector once. In Claude, add the Polaris MCP connector at polarisugc.com/api/mcp and authorize it. This is a one-time setup step.
2. Open a chat and describe the ad. Attach your product photo (or paste your script) and tell Claude what you want, e.g. "Turn this into a 15-second Reels ad with a UGC feel."
3. Pick your settings from tappable cards. Instead of typing out technical options, Claude presents option cards for things like which video model to use (Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1 Quality or Fast, Seedance 2.0, or an Omni talking-actor format), aspect ratio, and whether you want burned-in captions or AI voiceover added.
4. Watch the live panel render. A Polaris panel appears right inside the conversation and shows progress in real time. Most single renders finish in the 20-180 second range.
5. Review, and use Recreate if needed. If the hook or pacing isn't quite right, one-click Recreate generates a fresh take without you rebuilding the whole request.
6. Batch and download. Ask for a batch of variations (different hooks, different actors, different openings) and Polaris renders them in parallel; grab the whole set as a ZIP when it's done.

Where the web app fits in

Polaris also has a web app, but it's the secondary surface — most of the day-to-day ad-making happens directly in the Claude conversation via the MCP connector. The web app is there if you want a dashboard view of past generations or prefer clicking through a UI instead of chatting.

Pro tips for Reels specifically

• Ask for several hook variations in one batch rather than one ad at a time — Reels performance lives and dies on the first two seconds, so testing multiple openings side by side is more useful than perfecting one.
• Use Copy Judge on your script before you render video, so you're not burning credits on a caption or hook that was weak to begin with.
• If you're testing a talking-actor format, keep the script short and conversational — Reels audiences scroll past anything that sounds like a script being read.
• Add captions by default. Most Reels get watched with sound off at some point in the scroll, and burned-in captions are a one-click toggle rather than a separate editing pass.

Honest caveats

Polaris builds ads around your product, using your photos or script — it isn't a stock-avatar library, and an AI actor delivers what you write rather than cloning a named real person. A generated ad is a strong starting point, not a guaranteed winner: you still need to test hooks against your actual audience. And if you're in a regulated niche (health, finance, supplements), keep claims compliant — no disease/cure or guaranteed-result language, since that's a platform policy risk regardless of how the ad was made.

Cost and getting started

Your first batch of 12 generations is free with no card required, so you can test the workflow before committing. Beyond that, the Pro plan is $49/month for 2,000 credits, which works out to roughly 66 video ads. Compared to talking-head-only tools that run around $110/month, that's meaningfully cheaper for teams making UGC-style video regularly.

Ready to try it? Open the app, check pricing, read more on generating ads inside Claude via MCP, or see AI UGC ads for more format ideas.