Katana (Higgsfield)

Before Katana launched, Higgsfield had already connected its creative tools to Claude through the Model Context Protocol (MCP): users add https://mcp.higgsfield.ai/mcp (opens in a new window) as a custom connector in Claude and sign in with a Higgsfield account, with no separate API key required, and generations consume the account’s Higgsfield credits at web-platform rates. Using Higgsfield’s hosted services and Adobe plugin, Claude can call more than 30 image and video models and output an editable After EffectsAdobe After EffectsAdobe After Effects is Adobe’s desktop software for motion graphics, compositing and visual effects. It was developed by CoSA, a start-up in Providence, Rhode Island, which released version 1.0 in January 1993; it became an Adobe product after Aldus acquired CoSA and Aldus merged into Adobe, and in 2019 its principal developers received a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Open the full entry project.⁠[1][1][1][1]

On October 8, 2026, Anthropic launched Claude Motion in beta for Claude’s Team and Enterprise plans. With Claude Motion, Claude writes code that turns text, charts, shapes and images into editable animations without using a video generation model, so there is no generated footage and no AI-generated people; the result can be downloaded as an MP4 or opened for further editing in AdobeAdobeAdobe (Adobe Inc.) is a software company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. Known for PostScript, PDF and creative software such as Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects, it moved its main creative products to Creative Cloud subscriptions from 2013 and expanded into digital marketing and generative AI; it is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker ADBE.Open the full entry, Descript, HeyGen, Higgsfield, invideo, Luma AI or RunwayRunwayRunway (Runway AI, Inc.) is a New York–based artificial intelligence company that grew out of the ITP program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2018. It develops video generation models and tools for the film, advertising and creative industries, has released the Gen-1 through Gen-4.5 series of models, and has extended its research to “general world models” that simulate the world in real time.Open the full entry.⁠[2][2][2][2][2][2]

The same day, Higgsfield launched Katana. According to its changelog, Katana is a new skill for Claude that runs on Higgsfield’s models through MCP and makes video edits in Aura Farming, Motion or Clipping styles from one reference photo; users pick a preset on the Katana page or in a Claude chat and add references for the skill to generate the edit, or simply ask Claude something like “make me an edit of this product.”⁠[3][3][3]

In its launch post, Higgsfield said Katana is powered by Claude Motion and is the company’s most powerful AI video editing tool, letting users upload a reference to create editable motion graphics, product launch videos or aura-farming edits, available from that day in Claude via the Higgsfield MCP.⁠[4][4][4][4]

After the launch, Higgsfield posted a series of demos on its two official X accounts: it said it had “vibe-coded” a set of motion graphics with Claude Motion plus Katana, all code and no After Effects; that it had applied Katana to Claude Motion and got a demo result after three hours, without using Blender, Cinema 4DCinema 4DCinema 4D is 3D animation, modeling, simulation and rendering software developed by the German company Maxon, known for its MoGraph motion graphics toolset and its integration with After Effects, and widely used for broadcast graphics, advertising and film and television visual design. It grew out of FastRay, a ray-tracing program written on the Commodore Amiga by brothers Christian and Philip Losch, and has been released under the Cinema 4D name since 1993; Maxon is now a brand of the Nemetschek Group.Open the full entry or After Effects; and that another video used no video AI model at all and was entirely Three.js code, taking 12 hours including rendering.⁠[5][6][6][7][7]

On October 9, 2026, Higgsfield introduced Katana community presets covering motion graphics, 3D animations, product launches, fashion, cars, travel and aura-farming edits, which users can recreate in Claude after adding their own characters, products or clothes. The prompt for a car chase demo that day was a single sentence: “Hey Claude, use Higgsfield Katana to create cool 3D car chase animation.”⁠[8][8][8][9]

Under a 3D animation demo, Higgsfield also said that creating this kind of animation had always required a set of tools such as After Effects, Blender and Cinema 4D, but could now be done using only Claude and Higgsfield Katana, with no video generation and all of it done in code.⁠[10][10][10]

On October 12, 2026, Higgsfield announced that aura-farming edits were now accessible to everyone through Katana: users pick a preset or upload any edit and add photos of their characters to get their own version, by connecting the Higgsfield MCP and typing /katana in Claude.⁠[11][11][11]

On October 14, 2026, Higgsfield launched Katana for Motion Design, likewise available in Claude via the Higgsfield MCP; Higgsfield said it asked Claude to do motion design and got a finished launch video a few hours later.⁠[12][12][12]

Katana’s presets come from a Higgsfield library in three categories and are available both on the site and in Claude; each edit can use up to five reference images of characters, products or clothing, and users can switch on Prompt and describe a change to adjust the result. Users can also share community presets from the Katana page by providing a 3- to 30-second motion reference video, up to 40 images and a prompt that refers to them with @; shared presets go live immediately and can be taken down after reports. The Katana page describes it as an “Aura-farming machine by Higgsfield & Claude Opus 5.5.”⁠[3][3][3][3][3][13]

Katana: Official website: https://higgsfield.ai/katana (opens in a new window).⁠[13]

Higgsfield MCP: Official link: https://higgsfield.ai/mcp (opens in a new window).⁠[14]

Higgsfield: Official website: https://higgsfield.ai/ (opens in a new window).⁠[15]

X: Public account: https://x.com/higgsfield (opens in a new window)⁠[16]

X: Public account: https://x.com/higgsfield_ai (opens in a new window)⁠[15]