{"version":"2.1.315","anchor":"model-picker-schema-accepts-early-access-flag","canonical_anchor":"model-picker-schema-accepts-early-access-flag","heading":"Model options can now carry an early access marker","tier":"internal","area":"Models","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.315\/e\/model-picker-schema-accepts-early-access-flag","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.315","markdown":"### Model options can now carry an early access marker\n\nThe description of each model option now accepts an optional early access field\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether the model picker shows anything different for models marked as early access.\n\n**What**\n\nThe information Claude Code receives about each model you can pick now has an optional `early_access` field. If the field holds an invalid value, Claude Code treats it as true.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis probably lets the server mark some models as early access in the model list.\n\n- Area: Models\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 4\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}