Anthropic Just Revealed Which Effort Level to Use

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🎁 Get the free Claude Effort Optimizer mod β†’ https://c.benai.co/yucwd-free πŸš€ [Join my AI Accelerator] Get all my courses, resources & 1-on-1 help β†’ https://c.benai.co/yucwd-accelerator 🧠 Free Second Brain app β†’ https://c.benai.co/yucwd-baalda MORE FREE RESOURCES πŸ“˜ Step-by-step playbooks to land your first AI client β†’ https://c.benai.co/yucwd-playbooks WORK WITH ME 🀝 Book a free call with my [AI agency] β†’ https://c.benai.co/yucwd-agency πŸ’Ό We're hiring. Join the team β†’ https://c.benai.co/yucwd-join-ben-ai CONNECT WITH ME πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’Ό LinkedIn β†’ https://linkedin.com/in/benvansprundel/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Effort doesn't decide how smart Claude is, the model does. It decides how much time Claude spends reading, testing and checking, and how many decisions it makes without you. Based on Anthropic's own research, here's which level to use for which task, why low deserves far more use, and the four questions that pick the right level in seconds. The free mod above does it for you on every prompt. πŸ”— LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO β€’ Spending your effort (Anthropic, Thariq Shihipar): https://claude.dev/blog/spending-your-effort β€’ Claude Code effort level and model selection (Anthropic, Lydia Hallie): https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-model-and-effort-level-in-claude-code 🎬 CHAPTERS 00:00 – Intro 00:46 – What Effort Really Does 02:54 – Level #1 05:02 – Level #2 06:48 – Level #3 09:18 – Level #4 11:29 – How to Pick the Right Level πŸ‘‹πŸΌ ABOUT ME I'm Ben. I built two $1M ARR AI businesses, and now I help professionals and business owners use AI better than 99% of people in their industry. And I (try to) show you exactly how. I believe anyone with domain expertise can use AI to transform the way they work and grow their business. You don't need to be technical. I make videos that cover: 1. How to stop feeling overwhelmed by AI and actually start implementing 2. AI automation tutorials you can follow along with, even if you're not technical 3. The strategies and systems that actually move the needle with AI

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