Research Edition · 2026

Stop writing prompts. Start directing.

How it works

§ 01 / Walkthrough

A five-stage wizard. Each step locks one variable of the timelapse — monument, camera, climate cycle, worker density, generation. The live config panel rebuilds the pipeline as you go.

monuments.app / wizard / step-01
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Step 01 — Monument Step 02 — Camera Step 03 — Climate Step 04 — Workers Step 05 — Generate
Live config · configuring
Stage
Monument
Locks
Subject · Era
Output
8 imgs · 8 clips
Engine
Claude
4 engines
0 → 100%
Construction, city growth, decay, atmosphere — each engine covers a distinct cinematic workflow.
Climate cycle
C1 · C2 · C3
Three lighting states rotate across 8 frames — mist, midday, sunset, blue hour…
Output per run
08 / 08
8 image prompts + 8 video transition prompts. 16 total. Ready to paste.
Compatible engines
MJ · Flux · Kling · Runway
Model-agnostic prompts. Paste anywhere that accepts text-to-image or text-to-video.

Stop scripting prompts. Start directing time.

— Research-grade · No prefab templates

Open any engine, name a monument or city, and get a historically-grounded prompt sequence in under two minutes — ready to paste into any AI tool.