Claude Opus 4.8 is now the default Pro model

We've moved the Quality model from Claude Opus 4.6 to Claude Opus 4.8 - Anthropic's newest Opus. Sharper reasoning, cleaner code, better designs. The difference in output quality is immediate and visible.

Honest about cost. 4.8 charges the same per token as 4.6, but its tokenizer packs roughly 25-48% more tokens into a typical request (the upper end on image-heavy work), so expect spend on Pro work to scale up by about that much. We made the call anyway: we want Playcode's default AI to be the best one available, not the cheapest.

Prefer lower cost? Switch the Quality Model yourself - it takes about 10 seconds:

• Menu → Preferences → AI Model → Quality Model
• Pick Claude Opus 4.6 (the previous default) - same family, lower per-request cost
• Or Claude Sonnet 4.6 - cheaper still, excellent for most tasks