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●FORK — Claude Code 2.1.212 changes what /fork does: it copies your conversation into a new background session with its own row in claude agents, so you can keep working. The old in-session subagent is now /subtask●LIMITS — WebSearch calls are now capped at 200 per session by default, and subagent spawns get the same 200 ceiling, so a runaway search or delegation loop stops on its own●MCPBG — MCP tool calls running past two minutes now move to the background automatically, keeping the session usable. Tune the threshold with CLAUDE_CODE_MCP_AUTO_BACKGROUND_MS●PLANFIX — Fixed plan mode auto-running file-modifying Bash commands such as touch and rm without a permission prompt or an SDK canUseTool callback●SONNET5 — Claude Sonnet 5 is running on introductory pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output. After August 31 it moves to $3 and $15●IPO — Bankers are reportedly lining up investor meetings for Anthropic ahead of a possible public listing as soon as October●FORK — Claude Code 2.1.212 changes what /fork does: it copies your conversation into a new background session with its own row in claude agents, so you can keep working. The old in-session subagent is now /subtask●LIMITS — WebSearch calls are now capped at 200 per session by default, and subagent spawns get the same 200 ceiling, so a runaway search or delegation loop stops on its own●MCPBG — MCP tool calls running past two minutes now move to the background automatically, keeping the session usable. Tune the threshold with CLAUDE_CODE_MCP_AUTO_BACKGROUND_MS●PLANFIX — Fixed plan mode auto-running file-modifying Bash commands such as touch and rm without a permission prompt or an SDK canUseTool callback●SONNET5 — Claude Sonnet 5 is running on introductory pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output. After August 31 it moves to $3 and $15●IPO — Bankers are reportedly lining up investor meetings for Anthropic ahead of a possible public listing as soon as October
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Claude Opus 4.6 Released — The New Flagship Model

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Claude Opus 4.6 Arrives

Anthropic has released its latest flagship model, Claude Opus 4.6, positioned as the most intelligent model for agent building and coding.

Key Features

Industry-Leading Coding Performance

Claude Opus 4.6 achieves top scores on coding benchmarks, with significant improvements in complex multi-file editing, architecture design, and debugging.

Expanded Output and Context

Maximum output has been expanded to 128K tokens (up from 32K in Opus 4). A beta 1M token context window is also available.

Extended Thinking and Adaptive Thinking

In addition to Extended Thinking, a new Adaptive Thinking mode has been introduced. It automatically adjusts reasoning depth based on problem complexity without requiring budget_tokens.

API Access

The API ID is claude-opus-4-6, available on all platforms (Claude API, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI).

Pricing

Input: $5 / million tokens, Output: $25 / million tokens. While more expensive than Sonnet 4.6, it may be more cost-effective for complex tasks that require fewer interactions.

Summary

Claude Opus 4.6 represents major progress especially in agent development and coding. Try it for projects demanding the highest quality.