Boris Cherny5/ Configure Your Effort Level
Source snapshot: 2026-11-09Independent editorial note
When this pattern helps
Use this as a pattern to evaluate, not a universal rule. Check the current Claude Code documentation and your own workflow constraints, then keep the parts that measurably improve reliability, clarity, or delivery time.
这是一种值得评估的实践，不是放之四海皆准的规则。结合当前 Claude Code 文档和自己的工作约束验证，只保留确实改善可靠性、清晰度或交付时间的部分。
Opus 4.7 uses adaptive thinking instead of thinking budgets. To tune the model to think more or less, tune effort.
- Lower effort — faster responses and lower token usage
- Higher effort — the most intelligence and capability
The slider presents five levels: low · medium · high · xhigh · max — Speed on the left, Intelligence on the right.
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