add 6 Tips for Getting More Out of Opus 4.7 from Boris Cherny (Apr 16)

Six tips shared after dogfooding Opus 4.7: auto mode (no more permission prompts), the /fewer-permission-prompts skill, recaps for long-running sessions, focus mode, adaptive-thinking effort levels, and a /go skill pattern for self-verification. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# 6 Tips for Getting More Out of Opus 4.7 — From Boris Cherny
+
+A thread of tips shared by Boris Cherny ([@bcherny](https://x.com/bcherny)), creator of Claude Code, on April 16, 2026 — after dogfooding Opus 4.7 for the last few weeks.
+
+<table width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td><a href="../">← Back to Claude Code Best Practice</a></td>
+<td align="right"><img src="../!/claude-jumping.svg" alt="Claude" width="60" /></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+---
+
+## Context
+
+After dogfooding Opus 4.7 for a few weeks, Boris has been feeling "incredibly productive" and shared six ways to get more out of the new model — from permission automation to effort tuning to verification patterns.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/0.png" alt="Boris Cherny intro tweet — dogfooding Opus 4.7" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## 1/ Auto Mode — No More Permission Prompts
+
+Opus 4.7 loves doing complex, long-running tasks: deep research, refactoring code, building complex features, iterating until a performance benchmark is hit. In the past, you either had to babyset the model while it did these sorts of long tasks, or use `--dangerously-skip-permissions`.
+
+Anthropic recently rolled out **auto mode** as a safer alternative. In this mode, permission prompts are routed to a model-based classifier that decides whether the command is safe to run:
+
+- If it's safe, auto-approve
+- If it's risky, pause and ask
+
+This means no more babysitting while the model runs. More than that, it means you can run more Claudes in parallel — if safe, you can switch focus to the next Claude.
+
+Auto mode is now available for Opus 4.7 for Max, Teams, and Enterprise users. **Shift+Tab** to cycle between `Ask permissions` → `Plan mode` → `Auto mode` in the CLI, or choose it from the dropdown in Desktop or VS Code.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/1.png" alt="Boris Cherny on auto mode" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## 2/ The New /fewer-permission-prompts Skill
+
+Anthropic released a new `/fewer-permission-prompts` skill. It scans through your session history to find common bash and MCP commands that are safe but repeatedly prompt for permission. It then recommends a list of commands to add to your permissions allowlist.
+
+Use this to tune up your permissions and avoid unnecessary permission prompts, especially if you don't use auto mode.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/2.png" alt="Boris Cherny on /fewer-permission-prompts skill" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## 3/ Recaps
+
+Anthropic shipped **recaps** earlier this week, to prep for Opus 4.7. Recaps are short summaries of what an agent did and what's next.
+
+Very useful when returning to a long-running session after a few minutes or a few hours:
+
+```
+* Cogitated for 6m 27s
+
+* recap: Fixing the post-submit transcript shift bug. The styling-flash
+  part is shipped as PR #29869 (auto-merge on, posted to stamps). Next:
+  I need a screen recording of the remaining horizontal rewrap on `cc -c`
+  to target that separate cause. (disable recaps in /config)
+```
+
+Disable recaps in `/config` if you don't want them.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/3.png" alt="Boris Cherny on recaps" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## 4/ Focus Mode
+
+Boris has been loving the new **focus mode** in the CLI, which hides all the intermediate work to just focus on the final result. The model has reached a point where he generally trusts it to run the right commands and make the right edits. He just looks at the final result.
+
+Use `/focus` to toggle on/off.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/4.png" alt="Boris Cherny on focus mode" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## 5/ Configure Your Effort Level
+
+Opus 4.7 uses **adaptive thinking** instead of thinking budgets. To tune the model to think more or less, tune effort.
+
+- **Lower effort** — faster responses and lower token usage
+- **Higher effort** — the most intelligence and capability
+
+The slider presents five levels: `low` · `medium` · `high` · `xhigh` · `max` — Speed on the left, Intelligence on the right.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/5.png" alt="Boris Cherny on effort levels" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## 6/ Give Claude a Way to Verify Its Work
+
+Finally, make sure Claude has a way to verify its work. This has always been important — now 4.7 is 2-3x what you get out of Claude, so it's more important than ever.
+
+Verification looks different depending on the task:
+
+- **Backend work** — have Claude run your server/service to test end-to-end
+- **Frontend work** — use the [Claude Chromium extension](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/chrome) to give Claude a way to control your browser
+- **Desktop apps** — use Computer Use
+
+Boris's prompts these days look like `Claude do blah blah /go`, where `/go` is a skill that:
+
+1. Tests itself end-to-end using bash, browser, or computer use
+2. Runs `/simplify`
+3. Puts up a PR
+
+For long-running work, verification matters even more — when you come back to a task, you know the code works.
+
+<a href="https://x.com/bcherny"><img src="assets/boris-26-4-16/6.png" alt="Boris Cherny on verification" width="50%" /></a>
+
+---
+
+## Sources
+
+- [Boris Cherny (@bcherny) on X — April 16, 2026](https://x.com/bcherny)