Claude Code News: Fable 5 & Mythos 5 Launch
Anthropic officially rolled out the Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models on August 20, bringing fresh frontier model options to the Claude Code ecosystem. Developers are currently chatting about the wrap-up of the 50% weekly usage promo on August 19 and what the shifts mean for pricing going forward. On the practical side, a neat optimization dropped the `/claude-api` skill's token drain from a heavy 200K down to just 25K, making things way more cost-effective.
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