Claude Opus 4.8 ships sharper judgment and longer independent runs — same price as before

Anthropic's flagship upgrade: sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, longer independent work — at the same $5/$25 per-1M base price as Opus 4.7. Ships with effort control and Claude Code dynamic workflows.

What it means Same price, real upgrade — the added honesty about its own progress and longer independent runs are exactly the traits agentic workflows need most, with no new pricing tax to get them.