AI Programming Lab

Jul 8, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How to Use Claude’s Advisor Tool: Fable 5 as Consultant, Opus 4.8 as Executor

The article explains how Claude’s new advisor tool lets you pair the cheap executor model (Opus 4.8) with the more capable consultant model (Fable 5), details the pricing trade‑offs, shows the JSON request format and Python example, and compares accuracy and cost across several benchmark configurations.