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extended-thinking
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/extended-thinking
…s in adaptive mode. Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Haiku 5.5 default to `"medium"`, and other models that support effort default to `"high"` (see [Effort levels](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-…
mid-conversation-effort-example
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/mid-conversation-effort-example
…"type": "string", "enum": ["high", "medium", "low", "info"], }, }, "required": ["claim", "eviden…
prompting-claude-fable-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5
…tasks, with `xhigh` for the most capability-sensitive workloads and `medium` or `low` for routine work. Lower effort settings on Claude Fable 5 still perform well and often exceed `xhigh` performance…
Delivering work
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-1
…ith-claude/effort) level, `high`, then test the other levels (`low`, `medium`, `xhigh`, and `max`) against your own evals. Effort is the primary control for trading off intelligence, latency, and cost…
prompting-claude-haiku-5-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5
…ikely to skip a search, stop early, or skip a check at this level. * `medium` is the default. Start here for most work, including agentic coding. * `high` suits knowledge work, longer agent tasks, and…
prompting-claude-opus-4-8
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8
…ntelligence-sensitive use cases, use a minimum of `high` effort. * **`medium`:** Good for cost-sensitive use cases that need to reduce token usage while trading off intelligence. * **`low`:** Reserve…
prompting-claude-opus-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-5
…a separate pass instead. * **Efficiency at lower effort:** `low` and `medium` [effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/effort) produce strong quality at a fraction of the tokens…
prompting-claude-opus-5-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-5-5
…de base until its tests pass. In Anthropic's testing, at its default `medium` effort the model matched or beat Claude Opus 5 at `high` effort on such tasks, in fewer steps and with fewer tokens. It al…
prompting-claude-sonnet-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-sonnet-5
…etting balances token usage and intelligence for most use cases. * **`medium`:** Good for cost-sensitive use cases that need to reduce token usage while trading off intelligence. * **`low`:** Reserve…
prompting-claude-sonnet-5-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-sonnet-5-5
…tency-sensitive. For agentic coding and multistep tool use, start at `medium` for well-specified tasks and move to `high` for harder or longer ones. For chat and other latency-sensitive work, start at…
thinking
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/thinking
…table, "at `high` effort or below" means the request works at `low`, `medium`, and `high` effort and returns a 400 error at `xhigh` or `max`. On Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Cla…
thinking-steering-and-cost
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
build-with-claude/thinking-steering-and-cost
…hat benefit from it. Provides deep reasoning on complex tasks. | | `medium` (default on Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Haiku 5.5) | Claude uses moderate thinking. Might skip thinking for simple queries.…
apple-foundation-models
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
cli-sdks-libraries/libraries/apple-foundation-models
…ccepts. Each `ClaudeModel` declares which of the five levels (`low`, `medium`, `high`, `xhigh`, `max`) its model takes, if any: some models don't accept effort at all. ### When to use Claude versus t…
Replace NODE_UID with the node's UID:
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
manage-claude/wif-providers/spiffe
…s a sidecar container that shares a memory-backed `emptyDir` volume (`medium: Memory`) with your application container so the bearer SVID never lands on the node's disk. Mount the SPIRE Agent socket f…
agent-setup
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
managed-agents/agent-setup
…", "model": { "id": "claude-opus-5-5", "effort": { "type": "medium" }, "speed": "standard" }, "system": "You are a helpful coding agent.", "description": null, "tools": [ {…
Or, for Claude Mythos 5.1, which offers the same capabilities to verified organizations:
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/fable-5-1/migration-guide
…tem"` message changes it. Only the named levels are accepted (`low`, `medium`, `high`, `xhigh`, `max`), and the `mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01` beta header is required. See [Per-message ef…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/fable-5-1/overview
…128K | $4 / $20 | Moderate | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/fable-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/haiku-4-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
migration-guide
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide
…"thinking": { "type": "adaptive" }, "output_config": { "effort": "medium" }, "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "..." }] } ``` Adaptive thinking is on by default, so a response can start…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/haiku-5-5/overview
…128K | $4 / $20 | Moderate | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/mythos-5-1/overview
…128K | $4 / $20 | Moderate | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/mythos-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-4-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | **Claude Opus 4.5** (this model) | 200K…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-4-6/overview
…| 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | **Claude Opus 4.6** (this model) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-4-7/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | **Claude Opus 4.7** (this model) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-4-8/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | **Claude Opus 4.8** (this model) | 1M…
migration-guide
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-5-5/migration-guide
…the only request parameter that controls it. All five levels (`low`, `medium`, `high`, `xhigh`, `max`) are supported, and the default is `medium`. See [Recommended effort levels for Claude Opus 5.5](h…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-5-5/overview
…128K | $4 / $20 | Moderate | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
whats-new-opus-5-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-5-5/whats-new-opus-5-5
…claude/effort) controls thinking depth; its default on this model is `medium`. For the context window, output limits, knowledge cutoff, and prices, see the [Claude Opus 5.5 model page](https://platfor…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/opus-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | **Claude Opus 5** (this model) | 1M…
Models overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/overview
…| `medium` | `high`…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/sonnet-4-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/sonnet-4-6/overview
…| 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
migration-guide
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/sonnet-5-5/migration-guide
…architectures" }], "output_config": { "effort": "medium" } }' ``` ```bash CLI ant messages create \ --model claude-sonnet-5-5 \ --max-tokens 4096 \ --…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/sonnet-5-5/overview
…128K | $4 / $20 | Moderate | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | **Claude Sonnet 5.5** (this model) | 1M |…
whats-new-sonnet-5-5
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5
…ge points to `between_tools`. `between_tools` is accepted at `low`, `medium`, and `high` effort. At `xhigh` or `max` effort, a request with `between_tools` returns a 400 error. To run at `xhigh` or `…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
models/sonnet-5/overview
…| 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M…
overview
Claude Developer Platform · in the page
release-notes/overview
…r 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 Clau…
Set up Claude Code for your organization
Claude Code CLI · in the page
admin-setup
….json` Windows: `C:\Program Files\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json` | Medium | All | | Windows user registry | `HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\ClaudeCode` | Lowest | Windows only | Claude Code fetches server…
How the agent loop works
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-sdk/agent-loop
…l reasoning, fast responses | File lookups, listing directories | | `"medium"` | Balanced reasoning | Routine edits, standard tasks | | `"high"` | Thorough analysis | Refactors, debugging | | `"xhigh"…
Agent SDK reference - Python
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-sdk/python
…vel = Literal[ "low", # Minimal thinking, fastest responses "medium", # Moderate thinking "high", # Deep reasoning "xhigh", # Extended reasoning; falls back to "high" on models tha…
Securely deploying AI agents
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-sdk/secure-deployment
…s) | Very low | Low | | Containers (Docker) | Setup dependent | Low | Medium | | gVisor | Excellent (with correct setup) | Medium/High | Medium | | VMs (Firecracker, QEMU) | Excellent (with correct se…
Get structured output from agents
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-sdk/structured-outputs
…description: z.string(), estimated_complexity: z.enum(["low", "medium", "high"]) }) ), risks: z.array(z.string()) }); type FeaturePlan = z.infer<typeof FeaturePlan>; // Convert to JSO…
Subagents in the SDK
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-sdk/subagents
…on#agentdefinition) doesn't have this field | | `effort` | `'low' \| 'medium' \| 'high' \| 'xhigh' \| 'max' \| number` | No | Reasoning effort level for this agent | | `permissionMode` | `PermissionMo…
Agent SDK reference - TypeScript
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-sdk/typescript
…nt-sdk/permissions.md#allow-and-deny-rules) | | `effort` | `'low' \| 'medium' \| 'high' \| 'xhigh' \| 'max'` | `undefined` | Controls how much effort Claude puts into its response. Works with adaptive…
Manage multiple agents with agent view
Claude Code CLI · in the page
agent-view
…ocs/en/model-config.md#adjust-effort-level)**: `/effort` with `low`, `medium`, `high`, `xhigh`, or `max`, for example `/effort high`. To start sessions in [ultracode](/docs/en/workflows.md#let-claude-…
Share session output as artifacts
Claude Code CLI · in the page
artifacts
…n to use an artifact Use an artifact when terminal text is the wrong medium for what Claude produced: output that is easier to look at and interact with than to read line by line. Claude builds the p…
Authentication
Claude Code CLI · in the page
authentication
…e.com/pricing](https://claude.com/pricing?utm_source=claude_code\&utm_medium=docs\&utm_content=authentication_pro_max). * **Claude for Teams or Enterprise**: log in with the claude.ai account your tea…
Claude Code changelog
Claude Code CLI · in the page
changelog
…and no longer repeat git's own error text * Changed `/code-review` at medium effort to also report cleanup and CLAUDE.md conventions findings on models without tuned review settings, including Opus 5.…