Use case
Claude Opus 4.6 long context
long context notes for claude-opus-4-6: the rate card, a worked volume, and when to send this ID. A sample of 1 million input tokens plus 200 thousand output tokens is about $2.00 on corouter (input $1.00, output $1.00).
Window
Claude Opus 4.6 lists a 1M window. Tokens past that window are not silently cheaper. Truncate, split, or pick an ID with a larger window.
Claude Opus 4.6 (claude-opus-4-6) lists at $5.00 input and $25.00 output per million tokens. corouter bills $1.00 input and $5.00 output. Context is 1M.
What a long prompt costs
A sample of 1 million input tokens plus 200 thousand output tokens is about $2.00 on corouter (input $1.00, output $1.00).
Claude Opus 4.6 is the earliest Opus 4 ID still on this rate card, at the same list rate as Opus 4.7. Send claude-opus-4-6 only when that older ID is the one in the request.
Questions
- Which model ID should the request send?
- Send claude-opus-4-6. Do not put a different name in the model field.
- What is the minimum top-up?
- Prepaid credits, $5 minimum top-up, no subscription tier.