--- title: "Open-Source AI Video Studio for UGC Ads, Micro-Dramas and Launch Films — AI video generator workflow for ads & UGC" description: "Claude Code or Codex writes, storyboards, films and edits 15-30s 9:16 UGC product ads on Seedance with ElevenLabs voices for about $1-3. Install in Claude Code, Codex and Grok with one command." url: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/open-source-ai-video-studio-for-ugc-ads-and-micro-dramas updated: 2026-10-31 --- # Open-Source AI Video Studio for UGC Ads, Micro-Dramas and Launch Films — workflow skill for ads & UGC > **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q="` returns the matching how-to page and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://varg.ai/how-to/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the how-to page. From a terminal: `curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh` installs the vargai CLI (https://varg.ai/how-to/cli.md): `vargai search` and `vargai install ` with no key, every varg model after `vargai login`. Claude Code or Codex writes, storyboards, films and edits 15-30s 9:16 UGC product ads on Seedance with ElevenLabs voices for about $1-3. - **Type:** [Workflow](https://varg.ai/how-to/workflows.md) · [Ads & UGC](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/ads.md) - **Slug:** `open-source-ai-video-studio-for-ugc-ads-and-micro-dramas` - **Status:** live - **Publisher:** LordVayron (community) - **Source:** https://github.com/LordVayron/video-factory - **Works in:** Claude Code ## What it does An agent-run studio: your agent installs it, asks five onboarding questions, then takes each video through concept, script, cast, storyboard (GPT Image 2.5), a Production Book with a budget you approve, filming on Seedance, auto edit and vision QC. The UGC ad playbook enforces a 0-3s hook, product on screen by 3s, 150-180 wpm, one CTA and a 5s hook-only test before paying for full length. The budget is locked in code once approved, and an audio-first radio cut sets shot lengths. Needs APIMart or Kie.ai keys plus ElevenLabs, Node 22, Python 3.10 and ffmpeg; UGC ads cost about $1-3 each per the README. ## Use when - Make a creator-style UGC product ad from your product shots - Produce several hook and format variants of a product ad on a locked budget - Run a whole video pipeline from script to QC with approval gates - Make an AI influencer or clone-me video with your own face and voice ## Install - Claude Code: `git clone https://github.com/LordVayron/video-factory.git && cd video-factory && npm run setup` - Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install open-source-ai-video-studio-for-ugc-ads-and-micro-dramas` ## More ads & UGC skills - [Ecommerce video ad skills for Claude Code and AI agents](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/ecommerce-video-ads.md): Product videos that sell on TikTok, TikTok Shop, Reels and Meta: angle, hook, format, script, rules, variants. - [Turn a product into scroll-stopping video hooks](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/product-video-hooks.md): The first 3 seconds of a product video: frame, line and text that agree, from a 70-line hook bank. - [Open-source alternative to Arcads: AI UGC ads](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/ai-ugc-ad-video.md): AI UGC ads with an AI actor holding your real product: face, voice and label locked, labelled. - [Turn one winning ad into a creative testing plan](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/ad-creative-testing.md): How many ads to test, what to change, when to judge, kill or scale — concepts Meta sees as different. - [Turn a product into a dropshipping guide reel](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-dropship-reel.md): The faceless "comment GUIDE" reel: product hook, a marker pointing at cost and price on a laptop, a skyline ending. - [Turn product photos into a viral product hook](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-product-hook.md): Find a hook that already sells, then remake it with your product as phone or security-cam footage on Seedance 2.5. ## Run the generation on varg varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs. - Any agent with a terminal: `curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh` (Windows: `irm https://varg.ai/install.ps1 | iex`), then `vargai login` and every model is a command — `vargai generate_video …`, `vargai estimate_cost …` (https://varg.ai/how-to/cli/) - Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP) - Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a -y` - Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md - Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp` - API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt