Opus 5.5 is available in Claude Code and the Claude Platform
Opus 5.5 is available in Claude Code and the Claude Platform. ClaudeDevs calls it the new daily driver for coding and agentic work, citing its intelligence, lower price, and speed.
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ClaudeDevs says Opus 5.5 is 20% cheaper per token and 60% cheaper on cache reads
ClaudeDevs says Opus 5.5 costs 20% less per input and output token than Opus 5, and 60% less on cache reads. It also published a calculator for estimating Claude Code task cost from /usage.
Claude introduces Opus 5.5 and says it costs 40% less to run than Opus 5
Opus 5.5 is the first model in the Claude 5.5 family. Claude says it matches Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks, while ClaudeDevs says it is about 30% faster and about 40% cheaper per task than Opus 5, alongside higher Claude Code session limits.
Claude Code cloud sessions run on Pro or Max plans and spend one-time credits first
ClaudeDevs says officially available Claude Code cloud sessions are billed on Pro or Max plans like the rest of Claude Code. Existing subscribers get an optional one-time credit of $100 on Pro or $250 on Max, which those sessions spend before normal plan usage.
Claude Code Projects can run threads on a local machine
ClaudeDevs has added local support to Projects in Claude Code, so threads can run on a user’s own machine. Projects were rolled out on desktop and web as conversations whose threads run in parallel cloud sessions.
Claude Code cloud-session credit is separate from usage limits
Existing subscribers’ one-time Claude Code cloud-session credit ($100 on Pro or $250 on Max) applies automatically and is separate from usage limits, with one credit per account for cloud sessions only. After a local limit is reached, cloud work can continue until the credit runs out.