🚀 @AnthropicAI's Claude Opus 5.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
Our early testing shows it stands out in efficiency, delivering task resolution comparable to Claude Opus 5 while using significantly fewer steps and tokens, with fast error recovery on multistep tasks.
Try it out for agentic coding, long-running agentic tasks, and knowledge work. Find it in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, and @code.
token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
Why it matters
Suggests Opus 5.5 can match prior task performance at lower tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition →/step cost with better multistep error recovery, relevant to teams budgeting agentic coding usage in Copilot.
