Claude Opus 5 (Kiro)
⧉Claude Opus 5 (Kiro) is Claude Opus 5 on the Kiro line: the same Opus 5 model, served by the Kiro line at a quarter of the price of the standard line, claude-opus-5. It is strong at complex reasoning, code engineering and agent orchestration and supports image input, tool calling and streaming; it answers directly without returning a thinking trace, reasoning_effort has no effect, PDF input is not supported and stop is ignored. Fully OpenAI-compatible: set model to claude-opus-5-kiro; the native Anthropic Messages API works too, so Claude Code can connect directly. Pay-as-you-go, failed calls never billed.
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About Claude Opus 5 (Kiro)
Claude Opus 5 (Kiro) is Claude Opus 5 on the Kiro line: the same Opus 5 model, served on NezhaGate through both the OpenAI-compatible API and the native Anthropic Messages API at a quarter of the price of the standard line, claude-opus-5. It is strong at complex reasoning, code engineering and agent orchestration, with image input, tool calling and streaming. This line is provided by Kiro: it answers directly without returning a thinking trace, and reasoning_effort has no effect; when you need to see the reasoning or tune its depth, use the standard line, claude-opus-5. Set model to claude-opus-5-kiro, or point Claude Code's ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL at NezhaGate's /anthropic; pay-as-you-go, failed calls never billed.
Use cases
Code generation, refactoring and review at volume: Opus 5 capability at a quarter of the price of the standard line.
OpenAI-format tools / tool_calls and native tool_use, including forcing a specific tool, for agents that plan in several steps and call tools repeatedly.
Point ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL at NezhaGate's /anthropic, use your gateway key as x-api-key and set the model to claude-opus-5-kiro.
Q&A over screenshots, charts and mixed text-and-image material; the gateway converts public image links to base64 before sending them.
How to choose
Choose the Kiro line, claude-opus-5-kiro, for Opus 5 capability at a lower cost when you do not need to see the reasoning; choose the standard line, claude-opus-5, when you need a thinking trace, reasoning_effort control or PDF input; for the newer Opus, Claude Opus 5.5 is served by the same Kiro line. Switching is just the model field.
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How is the Kiro line different from the standard line?
Does it return its thinking?
Which parameters work, and what are the limits?
How do I send an image?
Am I charged for failed calls?
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