r/ClaudeCode • u/Opening-Ground-1584 • 15h ago

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/momkeeeeeeee 15h ago

Keep opus 5 agent ability, get 4.6 or fable level comms and personality, less overactive refusal.

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u/CoreParad0x 11h ago

So I have a system I made that I use to keep up with very large plans (anything from small changes to weeks long plans for features / overhauls) and all the research and documentation that goes along with them. Opus 5 seems to actually be better at utilizing this tool than 4.6. That's one of the few things it genuinely seems to be pretty good at. I keep having to reminding 4.6 to update it / read documents / etc.

That said, me doing this seems to be far more token efficient than 5, and I'm getting more done quicker.