Anthropic released Opus 4.6, the latest version of its most advanced model central to Claude Code, on Thursday. The company launched Opus 4.5 last November and designed 4.6 to expand the model’s capabilities for more uses and customers.
The standout new feature is “agent teams,” which enable teams of agents to divide large tasks into smaller jobs. “Instead of one agent working through tasks sequentially, you can split the work across multiple agents—each owning its piece and coordinating directly with the others,” Anthropic stated. Scott White, Head of Product at Anthropic, likened the feature to a talented team of humans, adding that segmenting responsibilities lets agents “to coordinate in parallel and work faster.” Agent teams are available now in a research preview for API users and subscribers.
Opus 4.6 supports a 1 million-token context window, matching the capacity of Anthropic’s Sonnet 4 and 4.5 models. This expansion allows the model to handle larger code bases and process bigger documents in a single user session.
The update also embeds Claude directly into PowerPoint as a side panel. Users can now create and edit presentations inside PowerPoint with Claude’s assistance, eliminating the need to transfer files. Previously, users generated a PowerPoint deck with Claude and then imported it for edits, according to White.
White told TechCrunch that Opus has shifted from excelling mainly in software development to serving “really useful for a broader set” of knowledge workers. “We noticed a lot of people who are not professional software developers using Claude Code simply because it was a really amazing engine to do tasks,” he said. Anthropic has seen use from software engineers, product managers, financial analysts, and professionals across other industries.
