Extended Thinking vs Adaptive Thinking Explained

Extended Thinking vs Adaptive Thinking Explained

If you have hit extended thinking and adaptive thinking back to back in Claude’s docs and wondered whether they are the same thing, you are not alone. Short answer: they are not, and you are almost certainly using adaptive thinking already without realizing it 🧠 What Is “Thinking” in Claude? Before answering, Claude can use a scratchpad to reason through the problem on its own. It works step by step, rules out possibilities, does the math, then delivers the final answer. ...

August 1, 2026 ·  8 min ·  1569 words
Claude Opus 4.7: Anthropic's Most Capable Model Is Here

Claude Opus 4.7: Anthropic's Most Capable Model Is Here

Anthropic has announced Claude Opus 4.7, its most capable general availability model to date. Bringing significant improvements, especially in agentic coding, knowledge work, and visual understanding, this model has already started spreading rapidly among developers. Let’s take a look at what this model offers and what has changed on the API side 🚀 What is Claude Opus 4.7? Opus 4.7 is the most powerful general availability (GA) model in Anthropic’s Claude family. Compared to Opus 4.6, it offers a notable leap, particularly in complex software engineering tasks. ...

April 16, 2026 ·  13 min ·  2658 words