Anthropic model

Claude Opus 5.5

Claude Opus 5.5 in the public Anthropic catalog.

Provider
Anthropic
Availability
Available
Model ID
claude-opus-5-5
Snapshot
2026-10-07
Evaluation Verdict

Claude Opus 5 represents the absolute peak of AI reasoning and autonomous software engineering (79.5% SWE-bench Verified, 92.0% AIME, 1450 Coding Elo), solving complex engineering challenges with human-distinguished rigor.

Claude Opus 5.5 Benchmarks & Agentic Accuracy

Verified primary research & developer preference metrics

Primary Sources Verified
SWE-bench Verified
79.5%
Deep ThinkingAnthropic Preview ↗
LiveCodeBench
70.2%
ThinkingLiveCodeBench ↗
LMSYS Coding Elo
1450Elo
Coding ArenaLMSYS Arena ↗
AIME 2024 / 2025
92%
ThinkingAnthropic Preview ↗
Pricing ($ / 1M tokens)
$15/ $75
$0.6 cached readStandard API Pricing

What This Means in Real Software Development

  • Sets the highest recorded score on SWE-bench Verified at 79.5% with autonomous test synthesis.
  • 92.0% AIME score proves near-perfect multi-step mathematical and formal deduction.
  • Remarkable resilience: plans and executes multi-stage engineering milestones across hundreds of commits.
  • The premier lead orchestrator for high-stakes mission-critical infrastructure software.

Swarm Multi-Agent Topology

Tier 1: Master Principal ArchitectRole: Primary / Planner

Best Paired With: Gemini 3.8 Flash for high-speed subagent implementation

Unrivaled planning accuracy. Defines Task Program barrier stages that guarantee zero wasted subagent tokens.

Git Worktree Isolation Advantage:

Supervises multi-agent worktree execution and verifies integration barriers with formal rigor.

What Developers & Practitioners Are Saying

Real-world field observations, production strengths, and developer consensus

Field Consensus

"Flagship autonomous systems architect. Excels at orchestrating complex multi-agent swarms and verifying mission-critical code changes."

Verified Real-World Strengths

  • 79.5% SWE-bench Verified with state-of-the-art multi-step planning
  • Flawless reasoning on distributed consistency protocols and concurrent code
  • Unmatched stability on 200k+ context horizon tasks

Production Caveats & Gaps

  • Maximum enterprise pricing tier
  • Requires fast subagents (Gemini Flash) for preliminary reconnaissance
Benchmark Reality Check

What the benchmark tests: Tests end-to-end multi-agent orchestration and large-scale autonomous migrations.

Production caveat: Must be paired with automated test runners to validate code proposals before merging.

Primary Sources & Methodology Citations

Head-to-Head Frontier Comparisons: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Rivals

Standardized, side-by-side benchmark & economics comparison against peer models

Flagship Comparative Matrix
ModelRole / TierSWE-benchLiveCodeBenchLMSYS EloAIMEInput / Output
Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicCurrent
Tier 1: Master Principal Architect79.5%70.2%145092%$15 / $75
Tier 1: Frontier Systems Specialist58.5%54.2%137576%$2 / $8
Tier 1: Autonomous Chief Architect82%84.5%147097%$6 / $24
Tier 1: High-Speed Frontier Coder74.8%66.2%1420—$1.2 / $6
Tier 1: Frontier Agentic Lead76.2%67.4%1435—$6 / $30

Claude Opus 5.5 model overview

Claude Opus 5.5 is listed in the public Swarm catalog through Anthropic. This page summarizes the verified catalog fields used by Swarm without claiming real-time access for every provider account.

Provider
Anthropic
Family
Claude
Context window
1M tokens
Thinking support
off · low · medium · high · xhigh
Availability status
Available
Catalog ID
anthropic/claude-opus-5-5
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Run Claude Opus 5.5 in Swarm

Verified CLI workflow & multi-agent architecture

Quickstart Guide →
bash — swarm run
$swarm ctl model set --provider anthropic --model anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

# Or switch interactively inside the terminal TUI:

>/models

Subagent Role Matrix

Assign Claude Opus 5.5 to specialized system roles in ~/.swarm/config.json:

  • Primary / Planner: Orchestrates full task DAGs and multi-stage pipelines.
  • Coder Subagent: Generates code and unit tests inside private Git worktrees.
  • Finder Subagent: Performs read-only code search, symbol discovery, and mapping.
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