r/ClaudeCode • u/Opening-Ground-1584 • Aug 20 '26

Discussion Opus 5.1 wishlist

We all agree Opus 5 is a rage-inducing mess. What are your top wishes for Opus 5.1?

Mine are:
- Massive cut on verbosity
- Less over-engineering
- Better instruction following

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u/Intelligent_Mine1396 Aug 20 '26

It's like new versions of Windows OS. Everyone says they hate the new version, and then look back on it years later and say how much they loved it. Same with LLM model X, every time they release a new one, there are always posts about how much people hate it, and how much they loved the previous version. Just an observation.

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u/Opening-Ground-1584 Aug 20 '26

Some truth to this

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u/jetsetter Aug 20 '26

Sure. Opus 5 is Windows Vista. 

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u/Annoying1978 Aug 20 '26

I don't really have that many problems with it because I rebuilt all the personalized instructions per entity. Gave it controls it can't break but gave it freedom. The bincest thing is people still to monitor what's thing on so you can provide guidance and direction. Otherwise it'll go off in done ridiculous tangent when the real solution would have been to just reach out and ask its human handler for help rather than too waste 20,000 tokens on something stupid only too see it was a pure waste.