How to Use Claude to Generate Ads for Your E‑commerce Brand

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How to Use Claude to Generate Ads for Your E‑commerce Brand

Hey!
I dropped a brand URL into Claude. It shipped me 5 finished UGC ads. Watch.

See It In Action

Lifestyle UGC: COMFRT
One product image in. Claude picked the format, wrote the Seedance prompt, drove Starpop in Chrome, output ready for Meta.
COMFRT burgundy hoodie
Seedance 2.0

That's the agent at work. Below: 5 UGC formats for one brand, plus 2 more brands at the bottom.

What Claude Is Doing

Two skill files dropped into Claude Desktop. Together they cover the whole UGC ad workflow.

  • starpop-prompts.md writes Seedance 2.0 prompts across 13 UGC formats.
  • starpop-workflow-agent.md drives Starpop in your Chrome browser to upload, generate, and grab share links.

You give it a brand. The agent ships finished videos.

The Setup (Under 10 Minutes)

Install Claude Desktop

Download from claude.ai/download, open the Code tab. You'll need a Pro or Max plan because the Chrome extension is paid-only.

Drop the 2 skill files into Claude

Grab both .md files from the Starpop Claude Agent setup page and drag them into the Claude Desktop chat. No installation step.

Install Claude in Chrome

Install the Claude in Chrome extension, pin the icon, log in inside the extension.

Then back in Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → toggle Claude in Chrome ON. This is the step most people miss.

Add your brand to Starpop

Open Starpop, Brands page, paste your website URL. Starpop auto-extracts your products, colors, and copy from the site.

The 5 UGC Formats Claude Generated

I asked the agent to ship one ad in each of five formats for Zesty Paws Calming Bites, a calming chew supplement for anxious dogs. Below: the prompt Claude wrote, plus the finished video.

Format 1: Handheld iPhone Selfie

The iPhone-front-camera UGC look. The most replicable format and the one most brands run on Meta and TikTok every week.

Handheld iPhone Selfie: Zesty Paws
Pet-parent talking-to-camera energy. Real skin texture, soft window light, casual delivery.
Zesty Paws product
Actor reference
Seedance 2.0

The prompt is short on purpose. For handheld UGC you don't want over-direction. You want the model to lean into the natural, casual energy.

Format 2: Scripted 1-Shot UGC With Music

A fully edited ad with cuts, B-roll, and voiceover, generated as one continuous Seedance prompt. The model handles the music, the pacing, and the cuts internally.

Scripted 1-Shot UGC With Music: Zesty Paws
Music-driven, multi-scene, finished ad in one generation. No external editor.
Zesty Paws product
Actor reference
Seedance 2.0

The cuts are baked in. Seedance generated this as a single 13-second video with the scene transitions inside the prompt. No After Effects, no CapCut.

Format 3: Cinematic Short Film

Narrative-led mini-film. Best for top-of-funnel brand storytelling. Use this when you want the ad to feel like content, not a pitch.

Cinematic Short Film: Zesty Paws
Quiet domestic scene, a moment of dog anxiety, the chew, calm restored. Shot on Arri Alexa, 35mm anamorphic, golden-hour interior.
Zesty Paws product
Seedance 2.0

Notice Claude dropped the actor reference for this one. The cinematic format doesn't need a recurring face, it leans on hands and the dog. The agent makes that call automatically.

Format 4: Pixar Animated

3D-animated product story. Hitting hard on Meta and organic right now. Emotional, cute, problem-solving framing.

Pixar Animated UGC: Zesty Paws
Scared dog during a thunderstorm, the chew, dog calms and curls up. Buttery framerate, soft pastel palette, expressive character.
Zesty Paws product
Seedance 2.0

Seedance does Pixar-style 3D natively now, and the emotional arc lands on a 13-second runtime.

Format 5: Podcast

Two-shot conversation clip with warm studio energy. Use this when the script feels like a real exchange, not an ad. Works great as a TikTok hook for stitching.

Podcast UGC: Zesty Paws
Host and guest in a casual back-and-forth. Guest mentions the product as her go-to for her dog.
Zesty Paws product
Actor reference (guest)
Seedance 2.0

The host is generated from description, the guest is locked to your actor reference. Two distinct faces, one studio set, one continuous take.

Same Agent, Two More Brands

Same skill files, different product. Drops the brand URL, picks the format, ships the ad.

Olipop, ASMR

ASMR UGC: Olipop
No-face sensorial close-up. Pop, pour, garnish. Single product image input, no actor.
Olipop Strawberry Vanilla can
Seedance 2.0

ASMR is the format Claude picked for "something sensorial." The model leans into the can pop, the pour, the ice. No face needed.

CeraVe, Morning UGC

Morning UGC: CeraVe
Handheld selfie of a just-woken woman trying the moisturizer. iPhone front-camera energy.
CeraVe Moisturising Lotion
Seedance 2.0

For skincare the agent leaned into the morning-routine framing. Handheld selfie, soft natural light, the bottle held up to camera mid-routine. Classic skincare UGC structure, picked without me asking.

Why This Shots Manual Prompting

  • Claude picks the format. You don't have to know what handheld vs cinematic vs ASMR is. The agent reads the brand and proposes formats that fit the product.
  • The Seedance grammar is in the skill. No memorizing the @image[N] syntax, the camera language, or the audio block. Claude writes prompts that follow the spec because the spec is in its head.
  • The browser work is gone. No manually uploading product images, pasting prompts, picking aspect ratios, hitting Generate, copying share links. The workflow agent handles every click.

Next Steps

Get the agent running on your brand.

If you want the engineering side of the story, here's how I built the Claude Skill that generates these ads.

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