> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://heygen-1fa696a7.mintlify.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Welcome to the HeyGen Developer Platform. Explore APIs for avatars, video agent, translation, streaming, and MCP. Get an API key and ship your first integration.

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  **New to HeyGen?** Start with the [Quick Start](/docs/quick-start) to make your first API call, then come back here to build something real.

  **Building this through an AI coding agent** (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.)? Point it at [For AI Agents](/docs/for-ai-agents) first — auth-detection ladder and the fastest route from a blank session to a finished video.
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## CLI Recipes

Get up and running fast with these step-by-step CLI workflows.

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  <Card title="Photo to Video" icon="camera" href="/photo-to-video">
    Turn a single headshot into a talking avatar video.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Design a Custom Voice" icon="microphone" href="/design-a-voice">
    Describe a voice in plain English and generate it instantly.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Video Agent Styles" icon="clapperboard-play" href="/video-agent-with-styles">
    Pick a visual style and let the agent handle the rest.
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## Video Agent Workflows

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  <Card title="Social Media Pipeline" icon="share-nodes" href="/social-media-content-pipeline">
    Create social videos at scale with Video Agent.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Content Repurposing" icon="repeat" href="/content-repurposing">
    Turn blogs and docs into ready-to-publish video.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Multilingual Content" icon="earth-americas" href="/multilingual-content">
    Reach global audiences with localized video.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Personalized Outreach" icon="envelope" href="/personalized-sales-outreach">
    Personalized video at scale for sales teams.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Product Demos" icon="display" href="/product-demo-videos">
    Auto-generate demos directly from your product.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Training & Onboarding" icon="graduation-cap" href="/training-and-onboarding-videos">
    Convert documentation into training videos.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Real Estate Listings" icon="house" href="/real-estate-listing-videos">
    Property tour videos from listing data.
  </Card>

  <Card title="E-commerce Videos" icon="bag-shopping" href="/e-commerce-product-videos">
    Product videos generated from your catalog.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Docs to Video" icon="file-code" href="/docs-to-video">
    Auto-generate video in your CI/CD pipeline.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automated Broadcast" icon="tower-broadcast" href="/automated-broadcast">
    Automated news and media broadcasts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Personalized Greetings" icon="hand-wave" href="/personalized-greetings-and-recognition">
    Recognition and milestone videos for HR teams.
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## Hyperframes Workflows

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  <Card title="Motion Graphics" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/motion-graphics">
    AI-assisted motion graphics with HTML-to-video.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Data to Video" icon="chart-bar" href="/data-to-video">
    Animate data into video automatically.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automated Pipeline" icon="gear" href="/automated-pipeline">
    End-to-end programmatic video generation.
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## Foundations

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  <Card title="Prompt Engineering" icon="pen-nib" href="/writing-effective-video-prompts">
    The foundation every Video Agent workflow depends on.
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  <Card title="Showcase" icon="sparkles" href="/showcase">
    Real projects built with HeyGen — get inspired, then build your own.
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