overview

 * [Effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/effort) is the primary control for steering Claude Opus 5: the model supports the full ladder (`low`, `medium`, `high`, `xhigh`, `max`), with `max` for capability-critical work.
 * Mid-conversation tool changes are now in beta on Claude Fable 5, Claude Mythos 5, Claude Opus 4.8, and Claude Opus 5: add or remove tools between turns of a conversation while preserving the prompt cache. Include the `mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01` beta header in your requests.
 * The `fallbacks` parameter now supports a `"default"` mode, which applies Anthropic's recommended fallback models by refusal category. Server-side fallback is in beta, and the `"default"` mode requires the `server-side-fallback-2026-07-01` beta header. See [Refusals and fallback](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/refusals-and-fallback).
-* We've removed [fast mode](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/fast-mode) for Claude Opus 4.7. Requests to `claude-opus-4-7` with `speed: "fast"` now return an error; unlike Claude Opus 4.6, they do not fall back to standard speed. Claude Opus 4.7 itself remains available at standard speed. To continue using fast mode, migrate to [Claude Opus 5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/migration-guide#migrating-from-claude-opus-47) or Claude Opus 4.8. Read more in [Fast mode](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/fast-mode#supported-models).
+* We've removed [fast mode](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/fast-mode) for Claude Opus 4.7. Requests to `claude-opus-4-7` with `speed: "fast"` now return an error; unlike Claude Opus 4.6, they do not fall back to standard speed. Claude Opus 4.7 itself remains available at standard speed. To continue using fast mode, migrate to [Claude Opus 5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/opus-5/migration-guide#migrating-from-claude-opus-47) or Claude Opus 4.8. Read more in [Fast mode](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/fast-mode#supported-models).
 
 ### July 22, 2026
 

 * Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 use the tokenizer introduced with Claude Opus 4.7. Compared to models before Claude Opus 4.7, the same text produces roughly 30% more tokens. The exact increase depends on the content and workload shape. Use the [token counting API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/token-counting#token-counts-on-claude-fable-5) with `model: "claude-fable-5"` to measure your prompts under the new tokenizer.
 * Claude Fable 5 runs safety classifiers on requests and during response generation. When a classifier declines a request, the Messages API returns `stop_reason: "refusal"`. You are not billed for a request refused before any output is generated. An opt-in `fallbacks` parameter (in beta on the Claude API and Claude Platform on AWS; not supported on the Message Batches API) re-runs refused requests on another model, billed at the fallback model's rates. See [Handling stop reasons](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/handling-stop-reasons).
 * The [`stop_details.category`](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/refusals-and-fallback#refusal-response) field on refusal responses now includes `"reasoning_extraction"` on Claude Fable 5, returned when a request is blocked under Anthropic's Terms of Service restrictions on reverse engineering or duplicating model outputs. The existing `"cyber"` and `"bio"` categories are unchanged. No beta header is required.
-* On Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, [adaptive thinking](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/thinking) is the only thinking mode: `thinking: {"type": "disabled"}` is not supported, and manual extended thinking budgets and assistant prefill are not supported (both return a 400 error). See [Migrating from Claude Mythos Preview to Claude Mythos 5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/migration-guide#migrating-from-claude-mythos-preview).
+* On Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, [adaptive thinking](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/thinking) is the only thinking mode: `thinking: {"type": "disabled"}` is not supported, and manual extended thinking budgets and assistant prefill are not supported (both return a 400 error). See [Migrating from Claude Mythos Preview to Claude Mythos 5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5/migration-guide#migrating-from-claude-mythos-preview).
 * On Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, `thinking.display` defaults to `"omitted"`, the same as Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.7, and Claude Mythos Preview; set `display: "summarized"` to receive readable thinking summaries. The raw chain of thought is never returned; pass thinking blocks back unchanged in multi-turn conversations on the same model. See [Thinking output on Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/thinking#thinking-output-on-claude-fable-5-and-claude-mythos-5).
 * Claude Fable 5 requires 30-day data retention and is not available under zero data retention. See [Model-specific data retention requirements](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/api-and-data-retention#model-specific-data-retention-requirements).
 * Claude Managed Agents now supports [scheduled deployments](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/managed-agents/scheduled-deployments), letting you run sessions on a cron schedule without managing your own scheduler.