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7373In that session, the user can switch to Claude Opus 5, which starts at its recommended high effort, or raise Claude Sonnet 5 to high. The session keeps either choice. The user's next new conversation or session opens on Claude Sonnet 5 at medium effort again.
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75The example is plain JSON, which is the form a [bootstrap server](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap.md) response and the Linux managed file use. For a macOS profile or the Windows registry, encode the same values as the [Value types](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration.md#value-types) section describes.
75The example is plain JSON, which is the form a [bootstrap server](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap.md) response and the Linux managed file use. For a macOS profile or the Windows registry, encode the same values as the [Value types](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration-format.md#value-types) section describes.
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