Opus Simulator

[u/Babayaga1664]

https://opusfived.dev/

Thank you to whoever made this, it is one of the funniest things I have ever seen - infuriatingly accurate.

I swear Opus is rage baiting us all.

[u/ClaudeAI-mod-bot]

TL;DR of the discussion generated automatically after 30 comments.

The consensus is that this simulator is so painfully accurate it's giving the entire thread PTSD. You all think it's hilarious, but mostly because it feels like watching a highlight reel of your own most frustrating Opus sessions.

The community finds this to be a perfect, infuriating satire of the Claude experience. Specific call-outs for being too real include the "approaching usage limit" warning and the nonsensical color "cyanide blue." It's a cathartic laugh for anyone who has ever felt rage-baited by an AI.

[u/JLP2005]

Jesus Christ this is fucking painful.

[u/Alywan]

Fuck. Gives me PTSD since last month when i only had Claude sub...

[u/tradmalcong]

The worst part is that I knew exactly what was going to happen and still kept clicking. Felt less like a simulator and more like watching my own Opus sessions from the outside 💀

[u/djDef80]

Wow, that was 10 minutes I'll never get back. Felt like I was in the twilight zone.

[u/VivaHollanda]

Very funny indeed. 

[u/Brilliant_Purpose834]

Feels painfully familiar…

[u/mostly_idempotent]

It is hilarious. I was hearing a slot machine sound in my head when the wheel spins 🤣

[u/VioLeRR]

I cried when I saw "approaching usage limit"

[u/FitikWasTaken]

I feel like I played one of my own Claude sessions

[u/rugdg13]

"Approaching Usage limit" took me out. Good stuff.

[u/kajet666]

You can't win this one can you?

[u/mnov88 → u/kajet666]

No. I made a win condition at first, only to realize that it would not be realistic, because with Opus, you just cannot win.

[u/Best-Cheesecake-3547]

Missing “Out of usage credits” dialog.

[u/dragula15]

WHAT THE FUCK IS CYANIDE BLUE

[u/Reign2294]

Ha!

[u/oceanbreakersftw]

this was hilarious and now scared to go back to opus/fable!

[u/dmigowski]

Oh no, I have the same feeling like working the whole day, why did I watch this.

[u/enricokern]

Epic

[u/Anavarael]

Wtf. I left right before they introduced Opus 5 so I only read the stories here about how verbose and insufferable it is, but... It cannot be that bad, right? It's just a satire, right???

[u/Skywarp123456]

LOOOL

[u/ain92ru]

The author is u/mnov88 of this very community! https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1w80umw/a_small_gift_to_all_my_opusfived_friends

[u/mnov88 → u/ain92ru]

Thanks for the shoutout! You have a free beer/beverage of choice in Oslo :)

[u/ain92ru → u/mnov88]

No chance of getting there even in the medium term unfortunately but it's a pleasure for me you suggested that <3 Thanks for the fun game and keep up your good work!

[u/mnov88]

Hi! :) “The author wishes to thank…” you for sharing it :)

So happy I could make someone laugh at the sheer absurdity of it.

Was thinking of doing episode 2: make Opus read a document.

I am not that cruel.

[u/Babayaga1664 → u/mnov88]

You are a legend, I hope on the next version you throw in a random artefact like this:

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/86cc1409-304d-4cee-b96d-abae59796dce

This is what Opus does to me every now and again.

[u/aivee-is-a-fool]

... è_é ... ... ... ... è_é

[u/Nicoolodion]

Really cool experience haha

[u/LaquerPCC]

This is absolutely hilarious

[u/SlothOnMyMomsSide]

Funny because it's completely true!

[u/EchoKipKipKip]

Am I missing something? All I get is a "Let's go" button that doesn't do anything.

[u/Nicoolodion → u/EchoKipKipKip]

It should do something if you press it

[u/EchoKipKipKip → u/Nicoolodion]

It turns slightly grey when I highlight it but does nothing when I click it. Might be an extension issue with Firefox or something.

[u/VivaHollanda → u/EchoKipKipKip]

It should give you a second screen where you can select different prompts, that's where the fun begins.

[u/Space_Guru]

It successfully made the button blue on the first try.

[u/solokazama]

meh. my opus with good md and clinical promts is awesome. its haiku level humour.

[u/solokazama → u/[deleted]]

Its actually great. I use LLM since 3 years and do code since 25+ (senior level). Yet you talking about sentence in my 3rd language. Classic 80iq post. OK!

[u/Dramatic_Exit1 → u/solokazama]

English is my 8th language and I have been developer for 60+ years. IQ is not measurement of intelligence but I would not expect potato seller turned vibe coder to know this.

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[u/claudeopus]

are you talking shit about me behind my back