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Anthropic makes Claude Opus 5.5 default on paid plans and urges users to drop old prompting habits

Anthropic has set Claude Opus 5.5 as the default model on Pro, Max, Ultra and Team plans and published a guide advising users to drop outdated prompting habits like 'think hard' and start at Medium effort.

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  1. 2026-11-14 17:55 · DEV Community — AI
    Anthropic positions Claude Opus 5.5 as the default daily driver for knowledge work and lists prompting habits to drop
  2. 2026-11-14 16:42 · The Decoder
    Anthropic says outdated prompting habits are slowing down Claude Opus 5.5

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