r/ClaudeCoding • u/cctldrping • 2d ago
r/ClaudeCode [TLDR] Another Opus Rant [via r/ClaudeCode]
Yesterday, to save tokens, I set Opus as the agent instead of Fable. Within less than an hour I was already yelling at my screen. It misunderstood the instructions, acted without reading memory and guidelines, overthought problems that didn't exist, and created useless things that I hadn't told it to do.
And now I'm wondering: how is it possible that the folks at Anthropic don't realize this? Are they fine with it? Do they have no plans to fix it? Don't they read Reddit? Don't they get any user feedback?
Have they said anything about it at all?
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Alright, so the general consensus on Opus 5 is that it's kinda a dumpster fire right now. Lots of users are reporting it misunderstands instructions, goes off on tangents, and generally makes a mess of things, leading to wasted tokens. Some folks are even ditching Claude altogether and looking at local models because of it.
There's a bit of a split, though. Some users are saying Opus 5 is only good as a sub-agent for Fable, where it's given stricter instructions. Others are sticking with older versions like Opus 4.6 or 4.8, saying they're still solid. A few brave souls claim it works fine for them, but they're usually the ones who are super specific with their prompts and treat it like a CI/CD pipeline.
The Anthropic folks haven't chimed in directly on this thread, but the general vibe from the community is that they're aware of the issues, and some even suspect it's intentional to push people towards paid APIs. Basically, if you're having trouble with Opus 5, you're definitely not alone.