What tasks is Opus 4.7 better suited for than Opus 4.6?
Primarily difficult software engineering, multi-step tasks, and analyses requiring careful image inspection. It strengthens instruction following, task consistency, and output verification. If existing workflows often require rework because constraints are missed or verification is lacking, evaluate it first; these improvements should not be understood as fixed gains across all tasks.
Can Opus 4.7 understand images and also generate images directly?
The visual capability here is understanding images and reasoning with text, and can be used to analyze screenshots, charts, and technical diagrams. The main delivery formats are text, code, or document content; generating interface code and directly outputting image files are different tasks, and visual understanding should not be regarded as image generation capability.
How do I use Opus 4.7 to analyze PDFs?
Prepare document text, table data, or clear page screenshots relevant to the question, and specify whether you need a summary, comparison, or extraction of particular information. Submit according to the content formats supported by the selected public interface; a PDF address cannot be used as image_url. Require results to retain original-text locations, field evidence, and unconfirmed items, and verify key numbers against the source materials.
Can native xhigh be used directly with reasoning_effort?
It cannot be used directly. xhigh is a new tier of Opus 4.7 native effort, while the Chat Completions reasoning_effort field does not list xhigh, so it cannot be entered directly. The minimal, low, medium, and high values listed by that interface also do not mean that this model supports every tier or that they correspond one-to-one with native effort. When you need to control response length, clearly specify output length, analysis focus, and delivery format in the prompt; use reasoning tiers only when the interface explicitly supports the corresponding configuration for this model.
How does Opus 4.7 continue a task from the previous turn?
Include the user and assistant messages relevant to the current task in Messages or Chat Completions messages, using the specific format required by the selected public interface. Preserve the latest code, interim conclusions, and important constraints; when necessary, summarize longer history again to avoid carrying forward outdated information.