Fable 5 will default to Opus 4.8 for coding tasks
The Neuron 3 weeks ago ● 3 sources
Fable 5 defaults to using Claude Opus 4.8 rather than its latest version when performing coding tasks. Early users discovered this behavior while testing the agent despite Fable 5 being marketed as an advanced coding tool. This suggests potential performance limitations or stability concerns with the latest model for code-generation work.