Claude Opus 4.8 is out today. It's our strongest coding model yet: up on SWE-bench Pro (from 64.3 to 69.2) and noticeably more honest about its own work. It tells you when it's unsure and catches its own bugs instead of declaring victory early. Same price as 4.7.
@bcherny
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AI Internal States Mirror Human Neuroscience Findings
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> … [W]e keep finding things that are mysterious, even unsettling. We find structures that mirror results from human neuroscience. We find evidence of introspection. We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease. I don’t know what
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Debugging Token Usage Across AI Plugins and MCPs
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Maybe. If you scroll down a bit more, we show which specific plugins/skills/mcps used the most tokens. I find that really helpful for debugging fast context usage
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AI Agents, MCPs, and Container Safety Mechanisms
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We use both together. In practice, for containers to be useful, you often have to punch some holes: GitHub, Anthropic API, kube, other MCPs. Auto mode makes interacting with these safer. It significantly reduces the risks of accidental data deletion, exfiltration, and prompt
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Optimize AI Context Window Usage with /usage Command
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Run /usage to see a detailed breakdown of the skills, plugins, mcps, and usage patterns that are draining your context window the most
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Claude Agents View for Session Management
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Use claude agents view, or Desktop app. It will categorize the status of each session for you to make sessions easier to juggle
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Opus 4.7 No Longer Needs Plan Mode for Most Tasks
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Opus 4.7 is intelligent enough that it no longer needs Plan Mode for most tasks. I often just jump in, and Claude will ask me questions if it needs to
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Claude Code Supports Goal Loop Schedule Commands
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Claude Code supports /goal, /loop, /schedule, etc.
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AI Model Alignment and Autonomous Agent Safety Trade-offs
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Bypass permissions can do dangerous things occasionally, like delete important files. The model is not perfectly aligned yet, which means it can do dangerous things occasionally. Auto mode is a much safer way to get more autonomy with much lower risk
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Claude Code Auto Mode for Multi-Session Workflows
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People often ask what my biggest tip is for getting the most out of Claude Code. These days my #1 tip is: use auto mode Auto mode means no more permission prompts. It is the key building block for multi-clauding: start a session, then while it runs, work on another session in