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Claude Haiku 5.5

Small general-purpose generative modelAnthropic

Editorial interpretation: evaluate for repetitive, latency-sensitive work rather than assuming flagship-level performance on every task.

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Capabilities & practical fit

Coding & agents

Positioned as a subagent for narrow coding tasks; Anthropic recommends larger models for complex agentic coding.

Routing & classification

Targets high-volume classification, summaries and quick database queries.

Output & integration

Generative responses, with browser and computer use support described in beta SDK updates.

Editorial fit

Editorial interpretation: evaluate for repetitive, latency-sensitive work rather than assuming flagship-level performance on every task.

Capability descriptions reflect provider positioning. Editorial fit is an interpretation, not a measured benchmark.

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