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22title: Claude Fable 5.1
33url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/overview
4description: "Claude Fable 5.1 at a glance: what it's for, model IDs on every platform, context window, output limits, pricing, availability, and resources for building with it."
4description: "An overview of Claude Fable 5.1: what it's for, model IDs on every platform, context window, output limits, pricing, availability, and resources for building with it."
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77**Latest.** Released September 1, 2026.
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1717## Overview
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19Claude Fable 5.1 extends Claude Fable 5 at the same input and output prices, with cache reads at a quarter of the cost, and brings stronger long-running agentic coding, multistep research, and document, spreadsheet, and slide work. For most workloads, start with Claude Opus 5.5 (see [Choosing a model](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/choosing-a-model)). Use Claude Fable 5.1 for demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work, or when your evals on Claude Opus 5.5 at higher effort still fall short. Claude Mythos 5.1 offers the same capabilities only to organizations verified through Anthropic's verification programs, such as the [Cyber Verification Program](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14604842).
19Claude Fable 5.1 extends Claude Fable 5 at the same input and output prices, with cache reads at a quarter of the cost, and brings stronger long-running agentic coding, multistep research, and document, spreadsheet, and slide work. For most workloads, start with Claude Opus 5.5 (see [Choosing a model](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/choosing-a-model)). Use Claude Fable 5.1 for demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work, or when your evals on Claude Opus 5.5 at higher effort still don't meet your requirements. Claude Mythos 5.1 offers the same capabilities only to organizations verified through Anthropic's verification programs, such as the [Cyber Verification Program](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14604842).
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21If you already call Claude Fable 5, three changes are breaking: [forced tool use returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#forced-tool-use-is-not-supported), [only Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 can read Claude Fable 5.1's thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#thinking-blocks-are-tied-to-the-model-that-produced-them), and [editing earlier turns invalidates thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#editing-earlier-turns-invalidates-thinking-blocks). Five are additive: [per-message effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#change-effort-mid-conversation-beta) (beta), [turn-scoped system messages](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#turn-scoped-system-messages-beta) (beta), [readable progress updates between tool calls](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#progress-updates-between-tool-calls-beta) (`display: "updates"`, beta), a [lower cache read price](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#pricing), and [content provenance](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#content-provenance).
21If you already call Claude Fable 5, four changes are breaking: [forced tool use returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#forced-tool-use-is-not-supported), [only Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 can read Claude Fable 5.1's thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#thinking-blocks-are-tied-to-the-model-that-produced-them), [editing earlier turns invalidates thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#editing-earlier-turns-invalidates-thinking-blocks), and [some advisor tool pairings are not supported](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#advisor-tool-pairings). Five are additive: [per-message effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#change-effort-mid-conversation-beta) (beta), [turn-scoped system messages](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#turn-scoped-system-messages-beta) (beta), [readable progress updates between tool calls](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#progress-updates-between-tool-calls-beta) (`display: "updates"`, beta), a [lower cache read price](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#pricing), and [content provenance](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1#content-provenance).
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2323[What's new in Claude Fable 5.1](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-new-fable-5-1)
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