AI Launch Profile
Introducing Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with improved coding, agentic task performance, professional work quality, effort controls, and Claude Code dynamic workflows.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- Anthropic
- Launch date
- May 28, 2026
- Launch type
- Model Release
- Category
- AI Agents, AI Coding Tools, AI Productivity Tools
- Audience
- Developers, Enterprises, Operators, Researchers
- Pricing
- Anthropic lists Claude Opus 4.8 at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, with fast mode priced at $10 input and $50 output per million tokens.
- Free plan
- No
- API
- Yes
- Open weights/source
- No
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
- Source links
- 3
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: checked June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 12, 2026
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Kingy Launch Score
7.9 / 10 · Solid
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Why this score
- Source & verification 7.5/10 — The launch post plus the Claude model overview docs — dated, single-vendor sourcing. anthropic.com
- Product evidence 8.0/10 — Shipped with an available API, a live demo surface, and model documentation. platform.claude.com
- Significance & novelty 8.0/10 — Improved coding, agentic task performance, effort controls, and Claude Code dynamic workflows — a substantial upgrade aimed at working agents. anthropic.com
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 8.0/10 — Concrete rates documented in the record: $5 per million input and $25 per million output, with fast mode at $10 and $50. anthropic.com
Evidence checked 2026-07-10
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Kingy AI Take
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with improved coding, agentic task performance, effort controls, and Claude Code dynamic workflows, priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output with a faster tier at double those rates (anthropic.com). Developers, Enterprises, and Agent Builders running long-horizon coding work are the audience. Reliability gains are vendor-claimed, so validate on your own repositories before switching defaults.
Who it is for
Developers, enterprise teams, professional knowledge workers, and agent builders who need stronger long-horizon reasoning and coding performance from Claude.
Traction notes
High-value for the hub because Opus 4.8 is explicitly positioned around coding agents, professional workflows, and improved reliability.
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