Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5 and updated the Claude Platform to support safer agent execution via sandboxing and separated model “brain” and agent “hands”
Model release Provisional 74% confidence first seen
Anthropic described how it deploys Claude using a “brain”/“hands” separation approach that isolates untrusted code with sandboxing while protecting credentials and controlling execution. The coverage also notes the launch of Claude Opus 5.5 alongside platform-level API changes, including a Rust rebuild of the Messages API, aimed at safer production agent use and improved evaluation.