Claude Opus 5: Anthropic's July launch and what it changes for agentic coding
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026: near-frontier intelligence at half the price, aimed at long-running agents.
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026: near-frontier intelligence at half the price, aimed at long-running agents.
July 2026 shipped a wave of agentic coding releases and the largest MCP spec revision since launch. What changed and why it matters.