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Anthropic just released Claude Opus 4.5. We've been testing it, right on the heels of the Gemini 3 release, and have been very, very impressed. Exciting times!

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We're eager to figure out where and how it can fit into Amp. As the main agent? As the oracle? As another subagent? There's a lot to explore.

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But one learning from the Gemini 3 launch is that early-access performance might not be indicative of final production performance. So we want to be careful and evaluate it properly.

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And, while cheaper than Opus 4.1, it is still more expensive than Gemini or Claude Sonnet 4.5. What we want to figure out now: can we make that worth it for you?

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So, for a limited time, you can try Claude Opus 4.5 as the main agent in smart mode in Amp along with us:

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Let us know what you think.

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