Back to Models

Claude Opus 4.1

anthropicanthropic/claude-opus-4.1

How TheRouter serves this differently from the vendor

As the vendor operates it

Anthropic's timestamped API model was claude-opus-4-1-20250805; it is deprecated and retired upstream after the 2026-08-05 cutoff.

On TheRouter

TheRouter keeps the public id anthropic/claude-opus-4.1 visible as a legacy reference page and compatibility target; new production traffic should route to the recommended successor, anthropic/claude-opus-4.8.

API guide

Chat completion

Standard chat call through TheRouter's OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Use this only for legacy parity checks; migrate new traffic to Claude Opus 4.8.

cURL
curl https://api.therouter.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $THEROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"anthropic/claude-opus-4.1","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Tool use

Opus 4.1 was positioned for agentic coding and search. TheRouter exposes tool calls through the OpenAI-compatible tools array.

cURL
curl https://api.therouter.ai/v1/chat/completions   -H "Authorization: Bearer $THEROUTER_API_KEY"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{
    "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-4.1",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Check whether this service is healthy."}],
    "tools": [{
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_service_status",
        "description": "Return service health for a named internal service",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {"service": {"type": "string"}},
          "required": ["service"]
        }
      }
    }]
  }'

Recent coverage

Fact ledger β€” every claim on this page traces here
sourceURLretrieved
Release datewww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Anthropic API model idwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Context windowwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Max outputwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Training cutoffβ€”β€”unknown
Licensewww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
SWE-bench Verifiedwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Windsurf junior developer benchmarkwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
GitHub multi-file refactoringwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Anthropic deprecates Claude Opus 4.1 snapshotplatform.claude.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Claude Opus 4.1 releasedwww.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23verified
Should I start a new integration on Claude Opus 4.1?platform.claude.com β†—2026-08-23to verify
What should I replace `claude-opus-4-1-20250805` with?platform.claude.com β†—2026-08-23to verify
Is Claude Opus 4.1 a new training run or just a patch?www.anthropic.com β†—2026-08-23to verify
Help & contact