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Hello Opus 4.7, you are are thinking way extra high!
Claude Opus 4.7 'thinks more' at higher effort levels, particularly on later turns in agentic settings. Anthropic introduced a new 'xhigh' (extra high) effort level between high and max to give users
Claude Opus 4.7 "thinks more" at higher effort levels, particularly on later turns in agentic settings. Anthropic introduced a new "xhigh" (extra high) effort level between high and max to give users finer control over reasoning depth versus latency tradeoffs. The model's tendency to "think harder" at high effort levels results in higher output token consumption and increased operational costs.
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Source: r/ChatGPT | 2026-04-17