ElevenLabs Creative Studio (via MCP)

Workflow guidance for the creative_* tools on the ElevenLabs MCP server. Every tool takes a context parameter — briefly state the user's goal in it. For building media features into the user's own codebase (SDK, API), use the general skills instead (text-to-speech, music, sound-effects, speech-to-text).

How generations work

• creative_generate_speech, creative_generate_image, and creative_generate_video return immediately with a flow_id, node_id, session_ids, and a canvas url the user can open to keep editing. If the result doesn't render in a view, poll creative_get_flow_run_status until all_completed or has_failures is true.
• Generations spend credits. Pass estimate_only: true to price a long video or a batch of variations before committing. Never call a generation tool a second time to "retry" — that starts and charges a second generation.
• generations_count defaults to 4 variations so the user can pick; keep the default unless they ask for a specific number.