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Claude Opus 4.6

by Anthropic

Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s strongest model for coding and long-running professional tasks. It is built for agents that operate across entire workflows rather than single prompts, maki

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Claude Opus 4.6

Added 10 July 2026

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Overview

Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s strongest model for coding and long-running professional tasks. It is built for agents that operate across entire workflows rather than single prompts, making it especially effective...

Best for

Best for
Highest-stakes reasoning, architecture, and agent planning

Use cases

  • architecture reviews
  • eval judges
  • complex debugging
  • strategy memos

How to use / API access

Call via OpenRouter with model id `anthropic/claude-opus-4.6`.

  • openrouter · anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 Docs

OpenRouter id: anthropic/claude-opus-4.6

Benchmarks

  • Design Arena androidnative (other) : 1214 elo · #11
  • Design Arena fullstack (other) : 1280 elo · #6
  • Design Arena mobileapps (other) : 1254 elo · #3
  • Design Arena webapps (other) : 1262 elo · #8

Enterprise DNA angle

Omni routes Opus only onto gated steps so spend tracks judgment, not volume.

Notes

Claude Opus 4.6 is listed in the EDNA Models directory from the OpenRouter catalogue.

Pros

  • Latest Opus-class depth for hard plans and reviews
  • Strong coding on complex multi-file work
  • Large context for architecture-scale tasks

Cons

  • Premium $/Mtoken — reserve for high-stakes steps
  • Closed model