Kling 4.0 hands-on tests and comparisons

Since Oct 15 Kling 4.0 is reachable from Claude Code via MCP and CLI with 3–30s clips and prompts up to 8,000 tokens, though not every web option made it into MCP.

Since October 15, standard Kling plans can place orders from Claude Code through MCP, with up to 15 references per task (10 images, 5 videos, 7 subjects plus voice), while the 4.0 API is still marked coming soon.

After Kling 4.0's official launch with MCP support, the author lays out the order of steps to follow in your first 30 minutes of wiring it into Claude Code.

With the same skill, prompt and Kling 4.0 model, the author finds Claude Code produces more tasteful videos and captures subtle nuances better.

A user has Opus 5.5 write a 20-second anime script and storyboard, converts it to Kling prompts, and generates via MCP, praising the lip sync.

The author has Claude break down hand-to-hand fight beats and tight subway-car spatial dynamics, then feeds the prompt sequence to Kling 4.0, which renders the scene in 13 minutes for under $17 in tokens.

The author had Claude split the MV into blocks, write prompts, run Kling 4.0 Omni Reference, check every cut and edit back to the original timing, finding Claude's cut timing surprisingly accurate.

The author says Claude designed the lighting layers and scene geometry before Kling 4.0 handled camera dynamics and atmosphere, producing a fantasy cinematic shot in under 12 minutes for under $17.

The author says Claude wrote the master prompt and Kling 4.0 rendered a large ancient Egypt crowd scene in 13 minutes for under $12.