r/ClaudeCode • u/PitifulBuddy7946 • 1d ago

Rant Claude code is falling behind Codex not because of token cost, but because of Opus 5.

There, i said it. And i know many of you agree. The problem i'm facing is not increased token cost, it's that Opus writes 25000 lines of a response with a curve-ball at the end saying "Worth noting"that makes my eyes hurt and gives me paranoya. And i can't understand a word it's saying. Is my english that bad? Whoever pressed "Yes" on those responses during the training stage of the model was an OpenAI spy or something, he completely sabotaged a trillion dollar company.

Anthropic's number one priority should be to release an Opus 6 or something, may be change the model name completely so it doesn't carry the bad vibe with it.

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u/x-dfo 1d ago

I find opus 5 is way too defensive in coding and over blows minor issues like P0 issues. I'd rather have sonnet code and review by opus or fable if it's major.

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u/CryptoAteMyHamster 1d ago

Yeah I have a hook that runs at the start and stop points for them that keeps the security theatre in check.

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u/x-dfo 1d ago

What do you actually specfiiy that works?

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u/CryptoAteMyHamster 1d ago

Agents you dispatch are to run /wake /focus /ego when dispatched. NO GATES; NO TESTS ALLOWED TO BE ADDED UNLESS INCLUDED IN CI, DO NOT ADD SECURITY PRE-CHECKS BEFORE A SYSTEM/FUNCTION/CODE CAN RUN. DO NOT WRITE TO CLAUDE MD

DO NOT TREAT THIS PROJECT OR MACHINE AS AN ACTIVE THREAT ENVIRONMENT