Claude Opus on live video streams
Claude Opus · Anthropic · Multimodal · Closed API
Claude Opus is Anthropic’s deepest-reasoning flagship line, currently at version Opus 4.8, released in 2026 with a 200K-token context window. On Overshoot it is available as a passthrough model, reachable through the same stream publishing and OpenAI-compatible chat-completions request shape used across the API.
Claude Opus is available through the Overshoot API as a passthrough model (claude-opus-4-6, status: ready, verified against the live model catalog on 2026-07-14) - requests are forwarded to the upstream provider rather than running on Overshoot's hosted infrastructure.
- Developer
- Anthropic
- Current version
- Opus 4.8
- Parameters
- Undisclosed
- Context window
- 200K tokens
- License
- Proprietary
- Inputs
- Text, images, video frames
- Overshoot availability
- API passthroughas of 2026-07-14
What Claude Opus is good at
Opus is Anthropic’s deepest-reasoning line, built for tasks where getting the answer right matters more than getting it fast. On visual input it excels at ambiguous scenes, dense documents, and multi-step visual reasoning that requires weighing several possible interpretations before answering.
That depth carries a latency cost relative to Haiku and Sonnet, which is why Opus fits best where a request is complex or high-stakes enough that a slower, more deliberate answer is worth the wait.
- Deep, deliberate reasoning over ambiguous or complex visual scenes
- Strong performance on dense documents and multi-step analysis
- A quality ceiling suited to high-stakes visual judgment calls
Running Claude Opus on Overshoot
Publish a camera or screen share over WebRTC through LiveKit to open a Stream, then send a chat-completions request whose image_url or video_url is an ovs:// reference to the latest frame, an exact timestamp, or a recent segment drawn from the 600-second retention window.
As a passthrough model, Claude Opus reaches the API through the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint used across Overshoot: the platform manages stream lifecycle, frame selection, and SSE streaming transport, then forwards the resolved request to Anthropic. The current passthrough id in Overshoot's live catalog is claude-opus-4-6, as listed by GET /v1beta/models.
Claude Opus versus Sonnet and Haiku
Opus sits above Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5 in reasoning depth and below them in speed. Teams typically route routine visual queries to Haiku or Sonnet and reserve Opus for the subset of requests where getting a hard visual judgment call right outweighs the extra latency.
Frequently asked questions
Can Claude Opus analyze live video?
Yes. Overshoot ingests the live WebRTC feed and lets a chat-completions request name the frame or segment it needs with an ovs:// URL. Overshoot resolves the media and hands the request to Anthropic, where Claude Opus produces the answer.
Is Claude Opus open source?
No. Claude Opus has no downloadable weights and runs only behind Anthropic’s API. On Overshoot it is a passthrough model, secured through the same key handling as the hosted open-weight lineup.
How fast is Claude Opus compared to Sonnet and Haiku?
Opus is the slowest tier in the Claude line because it spends more compute per response for deeper reasoning. As a passthrough model on Overshoot, overall latency depends on Anthropic’s serving stack, and Opus should be expected to answer more slowly than Sonnet or Haiku.
What is the current version of Claude Opus?
Anthropic's Opus line is currently at Opus 4.8, released in 2026, the latest entry in its deepest-reasoning model line. On Overshoot, the current passthrough id in the live catalog is claude-opus-4-6; check GET /v1beta/models for the id that is live at any given time.