Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic Generally Available
Previous flagship, still available for compatibility and specific workloads
Context
200K
tokens
Input
$5.00
per MTok
Output
$25.00
per MTok
About
Previous flagship, still available for compatibility and specific workloads
Modalities
Input
file Vision Text
Output
Text
Code Examples
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-opus-4.5",
"max_tokens": 1024,
"messages": [
{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence." }
]
}' API Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
include_reasoning | boolean | Include the model's internal reasoning trace in the response. |
max_tokens deprecated | integer | Deprecated. Use max_completion_tokens. |
reasoning | object | Configuration for extended-thinking / reasoning mode. |
response_format | one of | Constrain output to a JSON schema or an enum (structured outputs). |
stop | array | Up to 4 sequences where the API will stop generating tokens. |
structured_outputs | boolean | Enable JSON-schema-constrained output. |
temperature | number | Sampling temperature; higher values produce more random output. 0 is deterministic. |
tool_choice | one of | Controls which (if any) tool is called: "none", "auto", "required", or a specific tool. |
tools | array | List of tools (functions) the model may call. |
top_k | integer | Limit sampling to the top-k most likely tokens at each step. |
verbosity | string | "low" | "medium" | "high" — controls response verbosity. |
Standard OpenAI-compatible parameters. Consult the provider docs for model-specific behaviour.