This complete prompt asks the model to create a one-minute workplace video with code, surreal horror visuals, and audio; the original post includes the generated video.
Suitable tasks: Programmatically generating a short video; transforming an everyday setting into something surreal and creepy while letting the model choose its production tools.
Unsuitable tasks: Production work that requires tight control over storyboards, visual details, sound effects, or technical specifications beyond duration, or that must be fully reproducible; the original post does not provide those details.
Applicable model version: Claude Opus 5.5 (the author says they used this model; the specific build is not given).
Applicable client, agent, or API: Not specified. The author says the video was made programmatically but does not identify the client or tools in the post.
Recommended reasoning level and parameters: The author reports using Extra-High; other parameters are not specified.
I would like to see you create a 1 minute video programmatically. The video should be coded and rendered using whatever tools you need, you are free to download anything needed. The theme of the video would be - an average day at work at DemaWating, with a twist. Even though it says an average day at a small housing company, the video should be creepy/surreal, with twisted visuals and an edge to everything, hinting at deeper horror. The visuals should be detailed and loud, the audio should also be programmed in however you see fit.The author says they entered only the prompt above, asking for a one-minute video about their work with a creepy twist.
The prompt authorizes the model to choose tools as needed, download resources, and create and render the video and audio.
The original post includes a video. The page shows a total runtime of one minute; a dim hallway is visible at about the 12-second mark in the browser.
The post says the author tried the prompt when Opus 5.5 launched and describes it as the only prompt used to create the video.
The author reports using 5.5 Extra-High. The task took 45 minutes, including rendering, and used 4% of the weekly allowance on a $20-per-month plan. These figures are self-reported; no usage page or run log was provided for independent verification.
The video embedded in the Reddit post can be played directly, and its metadata lists a duration of 60 seconds. The visible page shows a dim hallway, what appear to be surveillance recording markers, and elevator floor labels. This records only the directly viewed segment and does not infer what appears in the rest of the video.
Reddit's post creation time is listed as 2026-09-22 18:09 UTC.
This is a single-user case and cannot establish success rates, consistency, or performance at different reasoning levels.
The “45 minutes” and “4% of the weekly allowance” figures come from the author's account and may depend on their plan, task complexity, and system conditions at the time.
The post does not specify Claude Code, the code used, dependencies, rendering settings, or audio tools. Automatically generated discussion summaries in the comments are not treated as evidence of the author's actual run.
The prompt leaves the production plan to the model. It is suited to exploratory creative work, but is not a reproducible rendering workflow.
Submit the prompt above in a client that supports Claude Opus 5.5, allowing it to use code and tools as needed. Record the client, model version, reasoning level, tool permissions, dependencies, runtime, and output files; the original post does not provide all of this reproduction information.
Claude Opus 5.5