Sonnet 5

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Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 seem worse at tool calls than older models, likely due to post-training that assumes Claude Code-like harnesses as targets (Armin Ronacher/Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings)

A developer observed that Anthropic's newer Claude models (Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5) perform worse on tool-calling tasks than prior versions, possibly because their post-training optimization assumes integration with Claude Code-style tool harnesses rather than generic APIs.

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Published Jul 6, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 8, 2026

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01 Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 seem worse at tool calls than older models, likely due to post-training that assumes Claude Code-like harnesses as targets

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