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Claude Opus 4.6
Launched this week
Claude’s most advanced model for agentic tasks
Claude Opus 4.6 is Claude’s most capable model yet, built for deep reasoning, long-running agentic tasks, and large codebases. With a 1M token context window, adaptive thinking, and improved planning, it delivers state-of-the-art performance across coding, analysis, research, and real-world work.
It has topped the tests again! What is its most distinctive feature that sets it apart from the others?
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The launch frequency is getting out of hand - building faster than we can even look at the products haha! Will poke around later today but congrats on the rollout
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I really love that Claude is focusing on thinking more instead of a speed. I am using Claude Code constantly now, and FEEL how it gets smarter, 4.6 is top of the top. Thank you so much guys for making my project be faster than ever ❤️
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I feel like this is the first time my AI assistant has a really sharp and witty sense of humor and I love it. Opus 4.6 might be my new favorite.
New AI models pop up every week. Some developer tools like @Cursor, @Zed, and @Kilo Code let you choose between different models, while more opinionated products like @Amp and @Tonkotsu default to 1 model.
Curious what the community recommends for coding tasks? Any preferences?
Claude just launched Claude Opus 4.6 . This is Claude s newest and most capable model so far. It s designed for deep reasoning, long-running agent workflows, and large codebases, with a 1M token context window in beta and stronger planning and code understanding.
Claude by Anthropic draws strong praise for reasoning, coding, and long-context work, with many switching from rivals for more precise, human-like responses. Maker feedback is especially enthusiastic: the makers of
highlight reliable tool use via MCP across thousands of actions. Common wishes: fewer message limits, smoother artifacts/UX on desktop, and steadier revision behavior. Overall: reliable, thoughtful, and superb for code.
While Claude Opus may be great for writing code, it's still not a perfect vibe coding solution. You may need to use a combination of LLMs to figure out what's best for the product you're trying to code. Although on its own, it still gets you 75% of the way.
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Being the new kid on the block, I had to give it a go to see why everyone has been raving about it. Seems like the raving reviews were correct. It feels as though Claude's responses are more thorough in comparison to other solutions.
How quickly does it respond under heavy workloads?
It's pretty solid under heavy workloads.
Can it analyze large PDFs and CSVs without failing?
For the most part it analyzes large files pretty well.
How easy is setup on iOS, Android, web, and desktop?
It's as seamless as it gets, but this is the case for most LLMs nowadays.
Claude excels at following complex instructions and producing structured outputs. The longer context window was crucial for our codebase, and it's genuinely better at reasoning through architectural decisions. Plus, the API is more reliable for production use, and the coding capabilities are outstanding
Claude by Anthropic has been instrumental in building Super. The team chose Claude as the primary language model because of its superior reasoning capabilities and contextual understanding. Claude powers Super's core features including cross-platform search, source explanations, and document analysis with remarkable accuracy. The development team made specific prompt engineering improvements for Claude, including better system prompting and JSON handling to maximize its performance. Claude's ability to handle complex queries and provide chain-of-thought reasoning has enabled Super to deliver 8x more relevant results than regular AI search.
We considered OpenAI or Gemini, but we use them as fallbacks.
What's great
AI assistant (81)data analysis (18)contextual understanding (33)reasoning capabilities (33)
Huge congrats on the launch — Opus 4.6 looks like a beast for deep, long-horizon coding work.
Happycapy
so smart and very accurate at fixing bugs
It has topped the tests again! What is its most distinctive feature that sets it apart from the others?
The launch frequency is getting out of hand - building faster than we can even look at the products haha! Will poke around later today but congrats on the rollout
I really love that Claude is focusing on thinking more instead of a speed. I am using Claude Code constantly now, and FEEL how it gets smarter, 4.6 is top of the top. Thank you so much guys for making my project be faster than ever ❤️
I feel like this is the first time my AI assistant has a really sharp and witty sense of humor and I love it. Opus 4.6 might be my new favorite.
Looking forward to using it in Claude Code!