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Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Windsurf and Devin CLI https://t.co/irth0YbGNO
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View on XWindsurf Integrates Claude Opus 4.8 for Agentic Coding and Devin CLI
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Windsurf and Devin CLI now support Claude Opus 4.8, the latest frontier model from Anthropic. This update provides developers with immediate access to Claude Opus 4.8 reasoning and coding capabilities within their engineering workflows.
Windsurf, an AI-native code editor developed by agent lab Cognition, integrated support for Claude Opus 4.8 across its IDE and the Devin CLI. This update brings Anthropic's latest frontier reasoning model to Cognition's suite of autonomous engineering tools.
The integration follows the recent Windsurf Claude Opus 4.7 fast mode update. By moving to version 4.8, Cognition provides its agents with the latest reasoning model in the Claude 4 family, ensuring the IDE and CLI tools remain synchronized with Anthropic's frontier model releases.
You can access Claude Opus 4.8 immediately by downloading the latest version of the Windsurf editor or updating the Devin CLI. This integration allows the underlying AI agents to utilize the model's logic and coding capabilities while maintaining the persistent, asynchronous execution features introduced in Windsurf 2.0.
Still wondering? A few quick answers below.
Claude Opus 4.8 is now available across Cognition's primary developer tools, specifically the Windsurf AI-native editor and the Devin CLI. This integration allows software engineering teams to use Anthropic's latest frontier reasoning model directly within their existing agentic coding workflows for engineering tasks.
To use the new model, you can download the latest version of the Windsurf editor from the official website. Once the IDE is updated, Claude Opus 4.8 becomes an available model option for the editor's agentic features, enabling the AI to navigate codebases and execute complex engineering tasks with the latest intelligence.
Yes, the update includes support for Claude Opus 4.8 within the Devin CLI. Developers using the command-line interface for Devin, the collaborative AI teammate, can now leverage the model's reasoning capabilities. This ensures that terminal-based agent sessions benefit from the same frontier model performance found in the Windsurf IDE.
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