{"version":"2.1.195","anchor":"model-catalog-new-and-updated-models","canonical_anchor":"model-catalog-new-and-updated-models","heading":"Model Catalog: New and Updated Models","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.195\/e\/model-catalog-new-and-updated-models","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.195","markdown":"### Model Catalog: New and Updated Models\n\n**What**\n\nThe model catalog has been reworked into a structured, versioned manifest (`schema_version: 1`) covering all current models. Several new models are now registered.\n\n**Details**\n\n- New model entries added: `claude-sonnet-4-6` (Sonnet 4.6, knowledge cutoff August 2025), `claude-opus-4-6` (Opus 4.6, knowledge cutoff May 2025 with `fast_mode`), `claude-opus-4-7` (Opus 4.7, native 1M context, `xhigh_effort`, knowledge cutoff January 2026, default effort `xhigh`), `claude-opus-4-8` (Opus 4.8, native 1M context, `lean_prompt`, `mid_conv_system`, default effort `high`), `claude-fable-5` (Fable 5, native 1M context, `rejects_disabled_thinking`, `fable_5_mitigations`).\n- Family aliases updated: `opus` \u2192 `claude-opus-4-8`, `sonnet` \u2192 `claude-sonnet-4-6`, `fable` \u2192 `claude-fable-5`.\n- All models include provider IDs for first_party, bedrock, vertex, foundry, anthropic_aws, mantle, and gateway.\n- Capability flags now include `effort`, `max_effort`, `xhigh_effort`, `adaptive_thinking`, `context_management`, `fast_mode`, `lean_prompt`, and `mid_conv_system`.\n\n**Evidence**\n\nNew model catalog object with `schema_version: 1` (search for `\"Generated by \\`bun run generate:model-catalog\\`\"`, `\"claude-sonnet-4-6\"`, `\"claude-fable-5\"`)"}