**Release:** [llm-anthropic 0.26](https://github.com/simonw/llm-anthropic/releases/tag/0.26)
Includes new features enabled by [LLM 0.32](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/4/new-release-of-llm/):
- New models:
`claude-fable-5`
,`claude-sonnet-5`
, and`claude-opus-5`
.[#75],[#76]- Added server-side tools for
WebSearch
,WebFetch
,CodeExecution
, andAnthropicMCP
, available through LLM's-T
interface or Pythontools=
. The previous-o web_search*
options have been removed in favor of-T WebSearch
.[#79]- Upgraded to
[llm>=0.32]. Reasoning, tool calls, tool results, and server-side tool results now stream as typed events. Reasoning forllm
CLI prompts now displays to standard error unless you pass--hide-reasoning/-R
.- Simplified extended thinking to
thinking
andthinking_effort
(low
,medium
,high
,xhigh
, ormax
). Claude 5 models think by default;-o thinking 0
disables thinking for Sonnet 5 and Opus 5, while Fable 5 always thinks.-R/--hide-reasoning
now omits reasoning from responses and logs. Thethinking_budget
,thinking_display
, andthinking_adaptive
options have been removed.[#80]
Tags: [llm](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm), [anthropic](https://simonwillison.net/tags/anthropic), [claude](https://simonwillison.net/tags/claude), [model-context-protocol](https://simonwillison.net/tags/model-context-protocol)