The New Claude Opus 4.7 Feature Developers Are Obsessed With

Mervin Praison · Beginner ·🧠 Large Language Models ·5h ago
Claude Opus 4.7 is here, and after running it through agentic coding, terminal work, and long-running tasks, it's a clear step up from 4.6. Anthropic also introduced a new max effort level (exclusive to 4.7), an ultra review slash command in Claude Code, and auto mode for all Max users — a safer alternative to --dangerously-skip-permissions that uses classifiers to make permission decisions automatically. In this video I break down what's actually new, where 4.7 wins and where it falls behind (long context performance regressed vs 4.6, and Anthropic's own Mythos preview is still ahead on the …
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Chapters (13)

What's new in Opus 4.7
0:37 Why I'm switching from 4.6
0:46 Agentic coding performance by effort level
1:02 The new max effort setting explained
1:18 Where 4.7 still trails Mythos preview
1:43 Pricing and availability
1:51 Real-world feedback from Intuit and Augment Code
2:15 Ultra review slash command in Claude Code
2:22 Auto mode vs --dangerously-skip-permissions
3:02 New tokenizer, new base model
3:10 The long context regression from 4.6
3:28 High-resolution image support
3:36 Cursor and Windsurf pricing deals
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