ReelHow to make a Kurzgesagt-style video with Claude Code
You can make a Kurzgesagt-style video with Claude Code by describing the look in rules and letting Claude draw every scene in code. "Kurzgesagt-style" usually means flat vector shapes, bold colour, round forms and a space or science explainer with a calm narrator. Claude writes each scene as HTML and canvas, and HyperFrames renders it to MP4 on your computer.
This post follows the genre only. ReelStyles is not affiliated with Kurzgesagt, and the kits use our own characters and art, never their birds or their drawings. For the wider version of this guide, read flat vector science explainers with Claude Code.
What the look is made of
Write these rules down before Claude draws anything.
Every object is a flat shape. Planets, cells and creatures are circles, rounded rectangles and soft curves. A body gets one gentle gradient and no outline.
The palette has a dark background, two or three bold colours and one accent. Put the hex values in the prompt.
Light sources glow. A star, a lamp or a screen gets a soft halo behind it.
Everything moves a little. Objects float, creatures blink, and the camera pushes in slowly.
Each scene shows one idea, and one short caption or narrator line carries it.
Steps
- Check that you have Node.js 22 or newer, ffmpeg and Chrome. The free kit has a setup skill that checks this for you.
- Pick a flat style kit and tell Claude to read it before it plans anything.
- Ask for a scene plan with one idea per scene and a narrator line for each. Fix the science while it is still text.
- Build the first scene and look at still frames. Compare them with the rules above and ask for changes.
- Build the remaining scenes, then render with HyperFrames.
- Add a voiceover. How to add a voiceover to a Claude Code video shows how.
A prompt to paste
Read the flat-cosmic kit, then make a 60 s 16:9 explainer about why the Moon has phases. Flat vector look with no outlines, a deep navy sky, teal, coral and yellow plus one accent, soft glow on light sources, slow camera pushes. One idea per scene with a narrator line for each. Show me the scene plan first, then stills of scene 1.
The closest ReelStyles kits
- Flat Cosmic Explainer is a flat, bright science explainer set in space, with round planets, our own bean-shaped creatures and one bold caption per scene.
- Flat Explainer puts cartoon people in full illustrated places, with boards, number counters and stamps, for long videos and vertical Shorts.
- Isometric infographic builds how-things-work topics from flat shapes in clean layers.
- Data viz builds charts and numbers on screen.
Flat Cosmic and Flat Explainer are in Full. The free kit has 7 other styles you can try first, and pricing shows what each tier costs.
What this cannot do
It makes drawn and designed pictures, so it cannot make realistic footage. A very detailed scene, like a whole city with hundreds of windows, takes Claude many rounds of stills. Keep each shot simple, which also suits this look.
Questions
Can Claude Code copy Kurzgesagt exactly?
It can follow the same kind of look, and it should not copy their characters or art. Use your own cast and palette. The kits above ship their own.
Do I need a video model?
You don't. Claude writes the scenes as code and HyperFrames renders the MP4 on your computer.