Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.8 for serious coding, agentic workflows, long-running tasks and high-stakes professional work

Published
scheduleReleasedMay 28, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 is an Anthropic Claude model for serious coding, agentic workflows, long-running tasks and high-stakes professional work, with a focus on long-context understanding, writing quality and reliable analysis.

starsCapabilities

visibilityVision understandingcodeFunction callingstreamStreaming outputdata_objectStructured output

paymentsContext and pricing

Context limit1,000,000
Max output128,000
Knowledge cutoff2026-01
Input price$5/ 1M tokens
Output price$25/ 1M tokens
Cached input price$0.5/ 1M tokens

descriptionOverview

Overview

Claude Opus 4.8 is part of the official Anthropic Claude model family, with model ID claude-opus-4-8. Claude models are commonly evaluated for long-context understanding, careful writing, coding assistance and safety-aware enterprise workflows.

Best for

Use Claude Opus 4.8 when your product needs document analysis, code review, enterprise Q&A, agent workflows or high-quality writing. Test long-context reliability, refusal boundaries, tool behavior, cost and latency before production.

lightbulbUse cases

  • Long-document analysis and summarization
  • Code review and rewriting
  • Enterprise knowledge Q&A
  • Agent and tool workflows

thumb_upStrengths

  • Strong fit for long-context tasks
  • Careful writing and analysis style
  • Useful for enterprise safety requirements
  • Easy to tier against Haiku, Sonnet and Opus

infoLimitations

  • Cost and latency vary by tier
  • Tool workflows and long-running tasks need testing
  • Some workloads may be better on a smaller model
  • Capabilities depend on Anthropic documentation

linkReferences

This content is compiled from official documentation and public sources. Always refer to official documentation for final details