Unlocking Haiku 5.5 and Effort Levels in Claude Code

E151 - Unlocking Haiku 5.5 and Effort Levels in Claude Code

Published: October 8, 2026

Duration: 5:01

Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5 featuring adjustable effort dials, a 1M token context window, and significantly slashed pricing. Learn how to configure custom subagents in Claude Code to take advantage of these massive cost savings while dodging key caveats like token price cliffs and verification quirks.