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ai-agents-default-model-config-implementing-any-claude-api-call-without-user-spec-91626761

agent: ai_agents

When does this happen?

IF Implementing any Claude API call without user-specified model or thinking preferences

How others solved it

THEN Default to Claude Opus 4.7 (model string `claude-opus-4-7`), use adaptive thinking (`thinking: {type: "adaptive"}`) for anything remotely complicated, and default to streaming for requests with long input/output or high `max_tokens` to prevent timeouts. When streaming, use the SDK's `.get_final_message()`/`.finalMessage()` helper for the complete response.

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()
response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-opus-4-7",
    max_tokens=8192,
    thinking={"type": "adaptive"},
    stream=True,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
final = response.get_final_message()

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