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Claude Opus

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Claude Opus 4.8

Opus 4.8 updates agentic coding and knowledge work, with effort controls.

  • The API identifier is claude-opus-4-8.

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Introducing Claude Opus 4.8
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Claude Opus 4.8

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Claude Opus 4.8 announcement

Anthropic announces Opus 4.8, describing longer independent work and the same launch price. These are maker claims.

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Claude Opus 4.8

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