anthropic/claude-4-opus
Anthropic’s most powerful model yet and the state-of-the-art coding model. It delivers sustained performance on long-running tasks that require focused effort and thousands of steps, significantly expanding what AI agents can solve. Claude Opus 4 is ideal for powering frontier agent products and features.
Anthropic’s most powerful model yet and the state-of-the-art coding model. It delivers sustained performance on long-running tasks that require focused effort and thousands of steps, significantly expanding what AI agents can solve. Claude Opus 4 is ideal for powering frontier agent products and features.
claude-4-opus
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Claude Opus 4 is Anthropic’s most intelligent model and is state-of-the-art for coding and agent capabilities, especially agentic search. It excels for customers needing frontier intelligence:
- Advanced coding: Independently plan and execute complex development tasks end-to-end. It adapts to your style and maintains high code quality throughout.
- Long-horizon tasks and complex problem solving (virtual collaborator): Unlock new use cases involving long-horizon tasks that require memory, sustained reasoning, and long chains of actions.
- AI agents: Enable agents to tackle complex, multi-step tasks that require peak accuracy.
- Agentic search and research: Connect to multiple data sources to synthesize comprehensive insights across repositories.
- Content creation: Create human-quality content with natural prose—long-form creative content, technical documentation, marketing copy, and frontend design mockups.
- Memory and context management: Incorporates memory capabilities that allow it to effectively summarize and reference previous interactions.
Characteristics
| Characteristic | Claude Opus 4 |
|---|---|
| <Input / Output> token | Output: 32,000 tokens |
| Max Tokens | 200,000 |
| Preferred use case | Anthropic’s most powerful model, delivering sustained performance on long-running tasks that require focused effort and thousands of steps. Ideal for powering frontier agent products and features. |
Preferred Use Cases
Claude Opus 4 is ideal for:
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Advanced coding:
- Refactoring a legacy codebase
- Building a full-stack application from specs
- Implementing a CI/CD pipeline
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Long-horizon tasks and complex problem solving:
- Memory-intensive workflows
- Sustained reasoning over thousands of steps
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AI agents:
- Autonomously managing multi-channel marketing campaigns
- Orchestrating cross-functional enterprise workflows
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Agentic search and research:
- Analyzing patent databases, academic papers, and market reports to identify emerging technology trends
- Conducting due diligence across multiple repositories
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Content creation & Memory management:
- Generating technical documentation, marketing copy, and design mockups
- Summarizing and referencing previous interactions to maintain context
Use Cases in Detail
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Advanced Coding Assign projects like refactoring a legacy codebase, building a full-stack app from high-level specs, or setting up automated pipelines—Claude Opus 4 adapts to your coding style and maintains consistent quality.
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Long-Horizon Tasks (Virtual Collaborator) Perfect for use cases that require memory and sustained reasoning, such as planning multi-phase research projects or developing simulations that span thousands of logical steps.
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AI Agents Power agents to execute complex, multi-step campaigns—everything from scheduling and emailing to cross-platform workflow orchestration—while ensuring top-tier accuracy.
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Agentic Search & Research Connect to diverse data sources (code repos, databases, web APIs) to synthesize insights, perform comparative analyses, and generate comprehensive reports across domains.
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Content Creation & Context Management Produce human-quality prose for blogs, manuals, or marketing assets. Leverage built-in memory to recall past conversations, ensuring coherent multi-session interactions.
