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TOOLSWAP — Mid-conversation tool changes are in beta: add or remove tools between turns while keeping the prompt cache intact, on Fable 5, Mythos 5, Opus 4.8, and Opus 5FALLBACK — The fallbacks parameter gained a default mode that applies Anthropic's recommended fallback models per refusal category, with server-side fallback also in betaADDDIR — A new DirectoryAdded hook fires right after /add-dir or the SDK register_repo_root request registers a working directory mid-sessionMCPERR — Entries skipped by --mcp-config validation now surface as mcp_server_errors in the headless stream-json init event, and terminal runs print a startup warningFANOUT — Concurrently running subagents are now capped at 20 by default, and hitting --max-budget-usd denies new spawns while halting the background agents already runningOPUS5 — Claude Opus 5 ships with a 1M-token context window, 128K max output, thinking on by default, and the same pricing as Opus 4.8TOOLSWAP — Mid-conversation tool changes are in beta: add or remove tools between turns while keeping the prompt cache intact, on Fable 5, Mythos 5, Opus 4.8, and Opus 5FALLBACK — The fallbacks parameter gained a default mode that applies Anthropic's recommended fallback models per refusal category, with server-side fallback also in betaADDDIR — A new DirectoryAdded hook fires right after /add-dir or the SDK register_repo_root request registers a working directory mid-sessionMCPERR — Entries skipped by --mcp-config validation now surface as mcp_server_errors in the headless stream-json init event, and terminal runs print a startup warningFANOUT — Concurrently running subagents are now capped at 20 by default, and hitting --max-budget-usd denies new spawns while halting the background agents already runningOPUS5 — Claude Opus 5 ships with a 1M-token context window, 128K max output, thinking on by default, and the same pricing as Opus 4.8
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API & SDK/2026-06-13Advanced

Claude Vision API in Production — Implementation Patterns for Image Analysis, PDF Processing, and OCR

Implementation patterns for taking Claude's vision capabilities to production: choosing between Base64, URL, and the Files API, native PDF processing, schema-enforced extraction with Tool Use, batch cost reduction, and error recovery — all with working code.

API & SDK/2026-04-25Intermediate

Why Claude Vision Misses Things — The Preprocessing Settings That Actually Matter

When Claude Vision struggles to read your images, the fix usually isn't a better prompt — it's better preprocessing. Here's a practical look at how resolution, cropping, and model choice change what Claude can actually see, drawn from shipping Vision-powered features in production.