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Getting the most out of Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code

SteadyVane has taken 9 readings of Getting the most out of Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code since Oct 3, 2026: 1 points at the first reading, 223 at the latest (+222). Its biggest one-day gain was +113 on Oct 3, 2026.

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223

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223

latest points

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first seen 20 h ago · last seen 45 min ago · published 20 h ago

Day by day

Day (UTC)	points	Change
Oct 4, 2026	223	+109
Oct 3, 2026	114	+113

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

Featured on 1 day: October 4, 2026.

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