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API ID: claude-opus-5-5Ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (Score 58). Cuts Opus 5 pricing by 20% and features 0.05x ($0.20/1M) cache reads.
Adaptive thinking is always on; high effort generates ~119K thinking tokens/task. Fast mode costs $8/$40; inference_geo:"us" adds +10%.
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Re-reading full repository trees on every turn & defaulting to 'high' thinking effort on routine edits.
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<context_handoff model_target="claude-opus-5-5" domain="coding" compression_ratio="72%">
<system_calibration>
CRITICAL: Do NOT validate flawed premises. Act as an adversarial staff principal engineer. If my proposed architecture has race conditions, N+1 queries, or security flaws, halt and challenge me with concrete counter-examples before writing code.
Never emit '// rest of code remains same' or truncate functions. Output complete, production-typed modules.
Optimal Config: effort: "medium" (Saves 60% output quota with 99.4% identical SWE accuracy)
</system_calibration>
<distilled_state>
Stack: Next.js 14 SaaS Dashboard + Vector Search.
Core Proposal to Audit: Client proposed storing session tokens in localStorage (HIGH XSS RISK -> Reject & recommend HttpOnly SameSite cookies) and running vector search on every keystroke (HIGH QUOTA/LATENCY DRAIN -> Reject & recommend 350ms debounced hybrid search + semantic cache).
</distilled_state>
<execution_directive>
1. Red-team the proposed architecture in 3 bullet points.
2. Output the complete, production-ready implementation with zero "// TODO" placeholders.
</execution_directive>
</context_handoff>