
Claude Opus 5.5 Release Guide: Fable 5.1-Level Coding at $4/$20, and How to Run It in OpenCode
Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, 2026: Fable 5.1-level performance on most work at $4/$20 per million tokens (40% cheaper than Opus 5), cache reads down 60% to $0.20, output 30% faster. Benchmarks, decision guide, and the OpenCode setup.











