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14For complex agentic coding and enterprise work: Claude Opus 5: claude-opus-5
14Recommended default for most work, including complex agentic coding: Claude Opus 5: claude-opus-5
15Step up for the hardest long-running agentic and research tasks, at 2x Claude Opus 5 pricing: Claude Fable 5.1: claude-fable-5-1
1516Previous Opus model: Claude Opus 4.8: claude-opus-4-8
1617Smart model: Claude Sonnet 5: claude-sonnet-5
1718For fast, cost-effective tasks: Claude Haiku 4.5: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
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620621* `any` tells Claude that it must use one of the provided tools.
621622* `tool` forces Claude to always use a particular tool.
622623* `none` prevents Claude from using any tools.
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625On Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, `any` and `tool` return a 400 error. Leave `tool_choice` at `auto` and set `"strict": true` on the tool definition to guarantee that any call Claude makes matches the tool's `input_schema`. See [Strict tool use](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/strict-tool-use).
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624627### JSON output
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