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Workflow, batching and AI
Batch slideshows, plan a content calendar and use your own AI (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Ollama, API keys or MCP) without sending your library to a cloud.
Start hereHow to batch create TikTok slideshows: a one-sitting workflow for a week of postsTo batch create TikTok slideshows, plan topics and formats first, generate several slideshows per topic, review them in one pass, then export them together and upload or queue them in a scheduler. In our own tests, generation takes minutes (about 1.5 to 7.5 for ten slideshows, depending on the AI), so your review time is the real cost of a batch.Guides
- Bring your own AI key: who bills you, where the key lives and what a slideshow costsWhat bring-your-own-key means for a carousel or slideshow generator: who bills you, where keys are stored, how to compute cost per slideshow and the risks.
- Claude Code for TikTok slideshows: skill or MCP server, and how to set it upHow Claude Code can write and render TikTok slideshows through a local MCP server: skill versus MCP server explained, setup steps and prompts you can copy.
- Codex CLI for social media slideshows: measured timing and when slow is fineUse Codex CLI as the writer for TikTok and Instagram slideshows: ten took about 7 to 7.5 minutes in our test, plus when that is fine and when it is not.
- Gemini CLI for social media carousels: setup steps and a speed we have not measuredSet up Gemini CLI as the writer for carousel and slideshow text, see what we know and have not measured, and time it yourself with a test you can copy.
- Local-first content creation: where your files, prompts and keys actually goWhat local-first means for a slideshow workflow, with a data-flow table per AI provider, plus the parts that still leave your computer and how to test a claim.
- MCP server for social media content: local or hosted, which tools, and what to askHow MCP servers for slideshows and carousels differ: local versus hosted, what tools they expose, and the security questions to ask before you connect one.
- Ollama carousel generator: write slideshow text locally, with measured speedWrite carousel and slideshow text with Ollama on your own computer: ten slideshows took 88 and 102 seconds in our test, plus model and hardware notes.