Zuverse
Reverse-engineer any video ad. Remake it as your own.
Give Zuverse a TikTok, an Instagram Reel, a Facebook Ad Library ad or any video file. It breaks the ad down shot
by shot (the hook, every word, every cut, the person, the place, the camera, the sound), then makes it again with
a new person, a new voice and your brand.
It's the same pipeline as the Video Ad Copier in Zuops, open-sourced as a tool you hand to
Claude Code. Claude runs it, shows you the plan, asks what you want changed, and
tells you the price before anything is spent.
Give it to your Claude
Open Claude Code in any folder and paste:
Set up Zuverse from https://github.com/zutrue/zuverse and remake this ad for my business: <link to the ad>
That's it. Claude clones the repo, installs it, asks for your Zurelay API key, reads the
ad, and walks you through the remake.
/plugin marketplace add zutrue/zuverse
/plugin install zuverse@zuverse
Then ask Claude to "remake this ad: ". In plugin mode, install ffmpeg yourself if zuverse doctor says it's
missing (winget install Gyan.FFmpeg, brew install ffmpeg or sudo apt install ffmpeg).
What it does
- Gets the ad. TikTok, Instagram and direct video links download on their own; Facebook Ad Library ads come
through your browser (Claude does it for you if it has a browser tool). The first 29 seconds are kept.
- Reads it shot by shot. Gemini 3.1 Pro watches the clip with its sound and writes the plan: the hook, the
transcript, who's on camera, where, how it's filmed, the music, brand mentions and on-screen text. The cuts are
measured from the frames, so the remake cuts where the original cuts.
- Takes your changes. A new script, offer, place, outfit or language: Claude works them into the plan.
- Casts the new person. GPT Image 2.5 makes a similar but clearly different person (same kind of presenter,
never the same face), or you use your own photos.
- Makes the video. Seedance 2.5 renders it with the new person speaking in a voice that fits them, and the
second voice of a phone call kept as a second voice.
- Edits it, if you want. Off unless you ask: every pause cut out, word-by-word captions that pop, punch-in
zooms on the jump cuts, a few stickers and a progress bar. Gemini times the words (a few cents) and Claude
picks what to emphasize; ffmpeg does the rest on your computer.
Two ways to remake:
| Replace the person (mode=replace) | Make a new version (mode=new) |
|---|
| What's kept | The original's motion, timing and camera (the clip is the reference) | The shot list: same shots, same cuts, same framing and action |
| What's new | The person, the voice, the brand | Every person and the place: each shot is redrawn fresh |
| Best for | The closest copy of a winning ad | A fresh ad nobody can trace back to the original footage |
| Resolution | 480p or 720p | 480p, 720p or 1080p |
| Good to know | Needs a face for the new person (cast or your photo). The video model sometimes declines a new face in real footage; that's free, and a new version is the way around it | Takes a few more minutes: every shot is drawn first |
Why Zurelay
Zuverse needs three kinds of AI: a model that watches video (Gemini 3.1 Pro), an image model (GPT Image 2.5) and a
video model (Seedance 2.5). Zurelay serves all of them behind one OpenAI-compatible API
key, prepaid from $10 with no subscription, at a fraction of each lab's own price. It takes the ad and the
photos inline, so there's nothing to host, and failed videos aren't charged. (Full disclosure: Zurelay is made by
the same team as Zuverse.)
| What | Model on Zurelay | Price (Oct 2026) |
|---|
| Reading the ad | gemini-3.1-pro | about $0.05 an ad |
| Cast face + shot frames | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst | about $0.03 an image |
| The video | seedance-2.5 | $0.135/s at 480p, $0.305/s at 720p, $0.75/s at 1080p |
| The original clip as a reference (Replace mode) | seedance-2.5 | $0.081/s at 480p, $0.183/s at 720p |
What a remake costs:
| Video | Make a new version | Replace the person (with a 15 s reference) |
|---|
| 15 s at 480p (draft) | about $2.40 | about $3.30 |
| 15 s at 720p | about $5 | about $7.40 |
| 30 s at 720p | about $9.70 | about $14.50 (29 s reference) |
Live prices: zurelay.com/models. zuverse cost shows the price of your exact settings
before you render.
Get a key: sign up at zurelay.com, add credit, create an API key, and put it in a .env
file next to where you run Zuverse:
ZURELAY_API_KEY=zr_live_your_key_here
Use it without Claude
Zuverse is a plain Node.js CLI (Node 18+, no build step).
git clone https://github.com/zutrue/zuverse && cd zuverse
npm install # also downloads ffmpeg
cp .env.example .env # then paste your Zurelay key into .env
node bin/zuverse.mjs doctor
node bin/zuverse.mjs fetch "https://www.tiktok.com/@someone/video/123..." --name roof-ad
node bin/zuverse.mjs read roof-ad
node bin/zuverse.mjs set roof-ad mode=new duration=15 resolution=480p company="Peak Roofing"
node bin/zuverse.mjs photo roof-ad me.jpg --note "the owner, Sam" # optional: your own face
node bin/zuverse.mjs cost roof-ad
node bin/zuverse.mjs make roof-ad --yes
Or in one go: node bin/zuverse.mjs go "<link>" --mode new --duration 15 --resolution 480p --company "Peak Roofing" --yes
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