askngram X/Twitter bot. Turn the thread into a video.
Reading a text-heavy conversation on X? Reply with @askngram and say what you want explained. The bot creates an explainer video and replies with it in the same thread.
- Mention @askngram — Ask for an explainer under the conversation.
- Give it a direction — Name the question, comparison, or idea to explain.
- Watch in the thread — The bot replies with the finished video.
Ask in the conversation. Watch the reply.
Use the reply box under the conversation you want explained.
Find the conversation
Open a text-heavy post or discussion on X. Choose the point you want a video to explain.
Reply with @askngram
Mention @askngram and add your request. Try: “@askngram create a short explainer of the main idea in this conversation.”
Open the video reply
ngram creates the explainer and comments with the video in the same thread, so readers can watch it alongside the discussion.
A video answer where the question started
A mention starts the request
Trigger the bot from a reply on X by including @askngram and the explanation you want.
Text becomes an explainer
Use a conversation as the starting point for a video that explains its subject.
Your request sets the angle
Ask about the main idea or a specific comparison. Put that direction in the reply alongside the mention.
The result returns to the thread
The bot comments with the finished video in the same conversation, keeping the explanation near the source.
Some ideas are easier to follow in a video
Start with a conversation that has something worth explaining.
Unpack a dense explanation
Ask for the central idea in a technical discussion to become a short explainer that other readers can watch in the thread.
Explore explainer videosExplain an unfamiliar concept
When a discussion assumes background knowledge, ask @askngram to explain the concept for someone learning it for the first time.
See educational explainersExplain what changed in a launch
Reply under a detailed announcement and ask for a video explaining the change and why it matters to the people reading.
Explore announcement videosFor a separate video project with more control
The bot delivers a video reply on X. When you want to direct a larger project, start in ngram and use these features.
Explainer videos
Develop the question from a thread into a separate explainer project with your own source material and audience.
Explore explainer creationVideo editing
For a video you are building in ngram, revise the draft in chat or work on the timeline in the editor.
Explore video editingCaptions
Give a separate ngram video readable captions so the explanation can be followed with the sound off.
Explore captionsMotion graphics
Guide attention to the relevant diagram, phrase, or screenshot in a video project you create in ngram.
Explore motion graphicsBrand kit
Set the visual direction for your ngram projects when an idea from a conversation becomes a branded series.
Explore brand kitsAI visuals
Create scene imagery for a separate explainer when a discussion points to an idea that needs a visual.
Explore AI visualsStart a separate project from your source material
Use these ngram workflows when you want to choose the inputs yourself.
Text to video
Expand the question from a conversation into a brief with the audience, key points, and evidence you want covered.
Start from textWebpage to video
Use the public article or documentation behind a discussion as the source for a new ngram video.
Start from a webpageScreenshots to video
Upload the screenshots that explain your idea and build a separate walkthrough around those exact visuals.
Start from screenshotsBuild on the idea in ngram
These tools are for projects you open in ngram, beyond the bot’s reply on X.
For people who explain things on X
A thread can be the start of a useful explanation. Your next ngram project can take the idea further.
Ask for a video explanation in a discussion your audience is already following.
Ask the bot to unpack a concept that needs more context for a learner.
Request an explanation under a technical conversation, with the question stated in your mention.
Turn the idea behind a detailed product discussion into a video reply for readers.
Choose where your video workflow begins
X (Twitter)publishAlready have a finished video? Use the X publishing integration to review a post and publish or schedule it from ngram.
Explore X publishing
Chrome ExtensioncreateStart from a webpage while browsing when the source you want explained is outside the X conversation.
Explore the Chrome extension
MCP ServercreateAsk an AI assistant to create a video through ngram’s MCP server when your work starts in an assistant conversation.
Explore the MCP serverOne conversation, or a larger video workflow?
Choose the ngram entry point that matches the material you have and where you want the result.
askngram bot Create inside an X conversation | ngram workspace Direct a separate project | Chrome extension Start from a webpage | X publishing Share a finished video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start with | A text-heavy conversation on X | A brief or source material | The webpage you are browsing | A finished video in ngram |
| First action | Reply with @askngram and a request | Create a project in ngram | Open the ngram extension | Open Share and choose X (Twitter) |
| What happens next | The bot creates an explainer | Build and review the video project | Continue the video request in ngram | Review the post and selected account |
| Where the result goes | A video reply in the same thread | Your ngram project | Your ngram project | Publish now or schedule to X |
Questions
Using the askngram X/Twitter bot
Give the conversation a video explanation.
Find the discussion, reply with @askngram, and tell it what you want explained.