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Claude just shipped Fable 5.1. Same sticker as Fable 5: ten dollars in and fifty dollars out per million tokens. Cache reads dropped seventy-five percent. Anthropic says typical token-billed jobs ran about twenty-five percent cheaper, long agent jobs up to about forty-five. It's for the long jobs, not everyday chat.

Paid plans only. Free does not get this. Pick Fable 5.1 in the model list. Pro and standard Team seats run it on usage credits. Max and premium Team seats include Fable up to half the weekly limit. In the Claude app and Cowork, default effort is Medium. Start with Opus 5. Use Fable 5.1 when Opus still falls short.

Shop jobs they named: financial models, contracts, then the research, the spreadsheet, the memo, and the deck with the numbers and sources laid out. Hand it the job. Step away. Come back to a polished result. This is not the Claude browser episode. This is a new top model.

Topics: Claude · Anthropic · Fable 5.1 · small business

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who gets Fable 5.1?
Paid Claude: Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise. Free does not get this. In the app, pick Fable 5.1 next to send.

Does Pro include it?
No. On Pro and standard Team seats it runs on usage credits. Max and premium Team seats include Fable up to half the weekly limit. There is no new one-time credit for 5.1.

Did the price go up?
Headline API sticker is the same as Fable 5: $10 in and $50 out per million tokens. Cache reads dropped to $0.25 per million. Anthropic estimates typical token-billed jobs about 25% cheaper, long agent jobs up to about 45%.

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