As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET. Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/ Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/v/jeff-guo-fable-5-lyric-video-claudes-plan/ # I asked Fable 5 to make me a lyric video Jeff Guo, 8 July 2026, YouTube. 314,478 views as of 9 October 2026. Kind: Made by AI. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFx-NjTw3sM ## Why it is here The lyric video for 'Claude's Plan', a rap about coding with Claude Code (plan mode, 'Codex might be good, it's just not CC', 'ultrathink'). It was uploaded 2026-07-08, about 2.5 months before Opus 5.5, and has about 287k views. It is an early example of a Claude-made music video about Claude culture. _Verified 2026-09-29 from the YouTube watch page (title, channel, publish date 2026-07-08, length 3:18, 287,439 views at check time) and YouTube oEmbed._ ## Song release (added 2026-09-29) "Claude's Plan" is a commercially released single credited to **Jeff Guo**. Spotify gives its release date as **2026-06-20** (track 5yVJK9JFXO3625zUfOLNWr: https://open.spotify.com/track/5yVJK9JFXO3625zUfOLNWr), and it is also on Apple Music. That is about 2.5 weeks before the Fable 5 lyric video. A remix MV, "Claude's Plan Jeff Guo ft. DJ James (Official MV) REMIX", exists (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYl7hHKQSSA; not checked). A search summary names DJ James as producer, but this is unverified. No source says whether AI generated the music or vocals; Fable 5 made only the lyric video. ## Description (written by Gemini from the video) **Summary** This video is a parody hip-hop lyric video created by Jeff Guo, featuring a track titled "Claude's Plan" set to the style and cadence of Drake's "God's Plan." The video presents minimalist, dark-mode software interfaces, terminal sessions, and developer tooling graphics illustrating a modern AI-assisted software engineer's reliance on Anthropic's Claude models and Claude Code. --- **What is shown** * **[00:00]** Terminal prompt `> make me a lyric video` executing with `flibbertigibbetting…` before transitioning to Claude's execution plan. * **[00:04]** Simulated continuous deployment dashboard showing rapid production releases ("they shipping v2.4.1" through "v2.4.5"). * **[00:18]** Interactive UI showing LeetCode difficulty tags and a GitHub PR interface (#4821 with 247 files changed) instantly approved with "fuck it, LGTM" ([00:23]). * **[00:25]** Graph topology showing agent orchestration ("Orchestration turned me to a team lead"). * **[00:28]** Claude Code CLI greeting ("Welcome back Jeff! Opus 4.8 (1M context)") running automatic git commits with hash `c0ffee1`. * **[00:34]** macOS "Force Quit Applications" dialog showing ChatGPT "(not responding)" being force-quit via a custom "QuitGPT" button. * **[00:37]** Album artwork styled after Drake's *Scorpion* featuring Jeff Guo and titled "CLAUDE'S PLAN." * **[00:41]** Claude Code plan mode toggle (`shift + tab`) and text file editing (`lyrics.txt`). * **[00:47]** Chronological list of Anthropic models from Claude 1.0 up to Opus 4.8 and Fable 5, highlighting "Claude 2.0 (Jul 2023)". * **[00:51]** Model Context Protocol (MCP) server dashboard tracking dropped connections and outages across Postgres, filesystem, GitHub, and Puppeteer. * **[00:54]** A `.env` file display showing hidden API keys with a peering mascot icon and markdown file generation in a project tree. * **[01:27]** Simulated iOS Messages chat: "She thinks I'm a real SWE / I tell her only partly / I only code with Claude and with Cursor, I'm sorry." * **[01:34]** Prompting techniques in Claude Code, demonstrating "Ultrathink" and running parallel terminals (terminals 1 through 3). * **[01:45]** Reference to a post on X by Claude Code creator Boris Cherny (@bcherny) stating "Actually 5's better" alongside 5 concurrent terminal windows. * **[01:48]** OpenAI o3 logo animation. * **[01:56]** Code editor error tracker exploding from 7 errors to 1,024 errors when attempting to code without AI assistance. * **[01:59]** Context window progress gauge showing automatic compaction (from 9% left up to 70% compacted). * **[02:40]** Terminal popup modal warning: "Claude usage limit reached — You've hit your token limit. Your limit will reset at 11:00 PM." --- **Claims & numbers** * The video displays a Claude Code banner referencing "Opus 4.8 (1M context)" [00:28]. * The model history timeline lists Anthropic model release markers from Claude 1.0 (March 2023) up to Fable 5 (2026) [00:47]. * The MCP server error monitor tracks outages peaking at 1,284 outages/min [00:52]. * An automated context window compacting bar indicates a 200,000 token buffer compacting from 18,000 remaining tokens [02:00]. --- **Notable quotes** * **[00:22]** *"Skimming through the PRs, fuck it, looks good to me"* * **[01:28]** *"She thinks I'm a real SWE, I tell her only partly / I only code with Claude and with Cursor, I'm sorry"* * **[01:34]** *"Claude plugins realize that there's levels to prompting / Ultrathink when I see errors getting daunting"* --- **Assessment** This is a creative, community-produced music video and developer parody showcasing AI coding workflows and terminal interfaces. While the UI components, CLI sessions, and terminal outputs are smoothly animated kinetic mockups synchronized to the music rather than unedited screen recordings, they faithfully mirror real developer tooling and culture surrounding Anthropic's Claude ecosystem. --- **Lyrics & themes** The song parodies Drake's 2018 hit "God's Plan," satirizing how developers rely entirely on Claude, Cursor, and agentic workflows to perform day-to-day software engineering tasks: * **Intro & Bubble Anxiety [00:00–00:24]:** Doubts about the tech bubble, struggling with LeetCode, and rubber-stamping massive PRs. * *"Honestly can't tell if it's a bubble to me / Tryna keep up with it is a struggle for me"* [00:12] * **Agentic Workflows [00:25–00:40]:** Orchestrating AI subagents instead of writing code manually. * *"Orchestration turned me to a team lead / After y'all are done, just commit it for me"* [00:25] * **Daily Workflow & Tooling Tribulations [00:41–01:14]:** Managing plan mode, relying on MCP servers, context limits, and git diffs. * *"Server down cuz MCP / Claude knows my API keys"* [00:51] * **The "I Only Love My Bed" Parody Hook [01:27–01:51]:** A direct takeoff on Drake's iconic line, confessing complete reliance on Claude and Cursor. * *"She thinks I'm a real SWE, I tell her only partly"* [01:28] * **Context & Limits Outro [01:52–02:44]:** Inability to code manually, context compaction, and hitting Anthropic's rate limits. * *"I can't code shit on my own"* [01:56] --- **Lore & references** * **Drake – *God's Plan* / *Scorpion*:** The song borrows the exact flow, ad-libs ("Yuh", "Ay"), cadence, and artwork styling of Drake's 2018 single. * **Claude Code & "Plan Mode":** References Anthropic's agentic CLI tool Claude Code and its structured planning modes (`shift+tab`). * **Boris Cherny:** Creator of Claude Code at Anthropic; his real post recommending running 5 parallel terminal instances is highlighted at 01:45. * **MCP (Model Context Protocol):** Anthropic's open protocol for connecting AI models to external tools, databases, and environments, depicted humorously as prone to connection drops. * **Tooling Rivalries:** Mentions OpenAI's Codex and o3, Cursor, and force-quitting ChatGPT in favor of Claude Code. * **Rate Limits:** Ends with the ubiquitous developer frustration of hitting token limits during deep workflow sessions. --- **Visual style & craft** The video employs a polished, dark-mode design system reminiscent of modern developer tooling (linear typography, terminal cursors, git diff red/green colorways, and sleek macOS window chrome). Visual elements are vector-like, motion-designed 2D animations rendered to look like native IDEs and CLIs, tightly synchronized to the beat drops and vocal delivery. _Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-09-29 from the video's audio and frames._ ## How AI was used to make it AI made most of it of this video (Visuals from AI-written code). - Claude Fable 5 generated motion-designed 2D terminal and developer UI animations synchronized to a song Tools: Claude Fable 5 (Classified by gemini-3.8-flash from our description; high confidence. Overview: https://postcutoff.com/ai-video/) ## Made by AI - Made with: Claude Fable 5 - How we know: Title: 'I asked Fable 5 to make me a lyric video'. - Human role: Jeff Guo released the song 'Claude's Plan' ('Available on all platforms'; authorship of the music not stated). Fable 5 made the lyric video. - Pipeline: Song → Claude Fable 5 makes the lyric video (method not stated) - Series: Claude Pop (precursor) ## Related - 2026-09-22: ["Claude Pop": music videos made by Claude Opus 5.5 for the AI-doom song "I'm Upping My P(doom)" become a genre](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-22-claude-pop-genre/) ## More videos on this - 2026-09-23: [I'm upping my P(doom) - Opus 5.5 (et al.)](https://postcutoff.com/v/donaldjewkes-p-doom-opus-5-5-reupload/), welcome to the sunny side, YouTube, made by AI, 4,059,347 views as of 16 October 2026. - 2026-09-22: [Claude Pop - I'm Upping My P(Doom)](https://postcutoff.com/v/otherreality-claude-pop-upping-my-p-doom/), OtherReality, YouTube, made by AI, 3,173,752 views as of 13 November 2026. - 2026-09-27: [i'm upping my p(doom)](https://postcutoff.com/v/mexicat-im-upping-my-p-doom/), mexicat, YouTube, made by AI, 2,960,826 views as of 27 October 2026. - 2026-10-05: [LGTM (Looks Good to Me) - Claude Opus 5.5 music video](https://postcutoff.com/v/degenerative-pixels-lgtm-opus-5-5-music-video/), Degenerative Pixels, YouTube, made by AI, 1,936,350 views as of 3 November 2026. What else happened that month, day by day: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2026/09/ ## People in it - [Boris Cherny](https://postcutoff.com/person/boris-cherny/), Creator and head of Claude Code, Anthropic