Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far

Re:Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I hav... by everfrustrated on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:16PM (#46521285)

As someone coming from GitHub copilot in vscode and recently trying Claude Code plugin for vscode I don't get the fuss about Claude.

Copilot has by far the best and most intuitive agent UI. Just make sure you're in agent mode and choose Sonnet or Opus models.

I've just cancelled my Claude sub and gone back and will upgrade to the GH Pro+ to get more sonnet/opus.

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Re:Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I hav... by ern on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:51PM (#46521534)

I'd used both CC and Copilot Agent Mode in VSCode, but not the combination of CC + Opus 4.5, and I agree, I was happy enough with Copilot.

The gap didn't seem big, but in November (which admittedly was when Opus 4.5 was in preview on Copilot) Opus 4.5 with Copilot was awful.

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Re:Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I hav... by indigodaddy on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @10:34PM (#46522210)

Check out Antigravity+Google AI Pro $20 plan+Opus 4.5. apparently the Opus limits are insanely generous (of course that could change on a dime).

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Re:Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I hav... by pluralmonad on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @01:09PM (#46530076)

I strongly concur with your second statement. Anything other than agent mode in GH copilot feels useless to me. If I want to engage Opus through GH copilot for planning work, I still use agent mode and just indicate the desired output is whatever.md. I obviously only do this in environments lacking a better tool (Claude Code).

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