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Sign up for a free API key, then send requests to the /v1/ai/chat endpoint.

AnthropicText Generation/v1/ai/chatReasoning

Claude Opus 5

Access Claude Opus 5 through one API key. Anthropic Opus 5 Flagship.

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding and long-horizon agentic work, the first of the Claude 5 generation. Opus 5 remains useful for teams that have validated prompts against it and want a stable target; new projects should start with Opus 5.5.

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Send a message and see Claude Opus 5 respond in real time.

POST/v1/ai/chatanthropic/claude-opus-5

Message *

Max Tokens

Maximum tokens in the response.

Stream

Real-time tokens

Hit "Send Request" to see the response

Context Window

1M tokens

Max Output

128K tokens

Input Price

$7.38 / 1M tokens

Output Price

$36.92 / 1M tokens

Strengths

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First Claude 5 flagship

Introduced the Claude 5 generation's 1M context and 128K output for Opus-class reasoning.

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End-to-end software tasks

Strong at implementing, reviewing and debugging across a codebase in one run.

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1M token context, 128K output

Handles up to 1,000,000 input tokens and returns up to 128,000 output tokens per call.

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Tools, vision and structured output

Function calling, image and file input, and JSON schema outputs.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Claude Opus 5.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/ai/chat', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-5",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Explain API gateways in 2 sentences."
      }
    ],
    "maxTokens": 256
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data.message.content);

Why use Claude Opus 5 through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts

✓OpenAI SDK compatible — just change the base URL

✓No monthly minimums — pay per token

✓Switch models with one line of code

✓Full provider passthrough — citations, search results, and all extras included

✓Streaming and non-streaming support on every model

✓Works with Cursor, Claude, LangChain, and any LLM tool

✓Unified billing across all providers

Claude Opus 5 API — pricing, context window & access

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding and long-horizon agentic work, the first of the Claude 5 generation. It pairs a 1,000,000-token context window with up to 128,000 output tokens per response, at $7.38 per 1M input and $36.92 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI.

Through YepAPI you call Claude Opus 5 on an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with a single key — the same key that reaches GPT-6, Claude, Gemini, Grok and the SEO, SERP and scraping APIs. Input: text, images, files.

What is Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding and long-horizon agentic work, the first of the Claude 5 generation. It is particularly strong at end-to-end software tasks, code review and bug finding, and visual analysis, with a 1,000,000-token context window and up to 128,000 output tokens. It is succeeded by Claude Opus 5.5, which is both stronger and cheaper. It accepts text, images, files as input, handles up to 1,000,000 tokens of context and returns up to 128,000 output tokens per call.

Build with Claude Opus 5 via YepAPI

YepAPI serves Claude Opus 5 on the OpenAI-compatible /v1/ai/chat endpoint. Point your base URL at YepAPI, add your key, and set the model string to claude-opus-5 (or the full anthropic/claude-opus-5). Function calling, structured outputs and reasoning settings pass straight through, and switching to any other model on the platform is a one-string change per request.

Claude Opus 5 API pricing — $7.38 / 1M input, $36.92 / 1M output

Claude Opus 5 costs $7.38 per 1M input tokens and $36.92 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI, pay per token with no minimums. Failed calls are never charged, and every request is itemised in your dashboard API Logs so you can see exactly what a 128,000-token response cost.

Claude Opus 5 use cases

Opus 5 remains useful for teams that have validated prompts against it and want a stable target; new projects should start with Opus 5.5.

Try Claude Opus 5 free

Every new YepAPI account includes $5 in free credit with no card required — enough to test Claude Opus 5 on your own prompts before committing to paid usage. Create an account, copy your key, and call claude-opus-5 right away.

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Frequently asked questions

Input tokens cost $7.38 per 1M tokens and output tokens cost $36.92 per 1M tokens through YepAPI. No monthly minimums — you only pay for what you use.

Claude Opus 5 supports a 1M token context window with up to 128K output tokens per request.