LaunchDevelopersJuly 21, 2026
Claude Code v2.1.217 adds Opus 5, emoji autocomplete
Claude Opus 5 (claude-opus-5) is now the default Opus model with 1M context. The update also adds emoji shortcode autocomplete in the prompt input and various bug fixes.
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