Claude Opus 4.8
Knows up to January 2026Missing 1,945 events
claude-opus-4-8
$5 in, $25 out per 1M tokens
Legacy Opus; migrate to claude-opus-5-5.
Model idclaude-opus-4-7
Price$5 in, $25 out per 1M tokens
Checked29 September 2026
1,945events after its cutoff
85 historic, 444 major. 286 days of news.
It launched on 16 April 2026, already missing 67 of them.
7 ways to use Claude Opus 4.7, with the model id each provider expects.
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic API (Claude API) | claude-opus-4-7 |
https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages |
platform.claude.com |
| AWS Bedrock (Messages API / Mantle) | anthropic.claude-opus-4-7 |
platform.claude.com | |
| Google Cloud Vertex AI | claude-opus-4-7 |
platform.claude.com | |
| Microsoft Foundry (Azure) | claude-opus-4-7 |
platform.claude.com | |
| Claude Platform on AWS | claude-opus-4-7 |
platform.claude.com | |
| OpenRouter | anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 |
openrouter.ai | |
| Web app | claude.ai |
| Input | $5 per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output | $25 per 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.50 per 1M tokens |
As published: “per 1M tokens (USD); Batch API 50% off”.
Source: platform.claude.com, checked 29 September 2026.
What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.
First
Accepts images up to 2,576 px on the long edge (~3.75 MP), more than 3x prior Claude models. Scored 98.5% on XBOW visual acuity versus 54.5% for Opus 4.6.
First
Introduced the xhigh effort level between high and max.
First
First model with Anthropic’s newer tokenizer (about 30% more tokens for the same text).
Resolved about 3x more production tasks than Opus 4.6 on Rakuten-SWE-Bench.
Claude Opus 4.7 is added as a fifth row. Each row runs from what the model knows (graphite) through the months between its cutoff and its launch (hatched) to today (pink).
| Model | Cutoff | Released | Missing at launch | Missing today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | April 2026 | 3 September 2026 | 271 | 1,863 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | June 2026 | 22 September 2026 | 372 | 1,795 |
| Gemini 4 Hydrogen | March 2026 | 12 November 2026 | 1,863 | 1,889 |
| Grok 4.7 | May 2026 | 21 September 2026 | 387 | 1,829 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | January 2026 | 16 April 2026 | 67 | 1,945 |
Introduced the newer tokenizer (~30% more tokens per text) and xhigh effort. Adaptive thinking only. Retirement not sooner than 2027-04-16.
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" -H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"claude-opus-4-7","max_tokens":16000,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
Sources:
Paste this into a new chat. It points your AI to a dated list of AI news since January 2026, with a source for every item.
Using Gemini, Grok or another assistant? Copy the prompt and paste it into a new chat. Only Claude and ChatGPT have a link that opens with a prompt filled in.
Files for every cutoff, with their sizes: Briefings.
For developers: an MCP server is planned. For AI agents