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35 Fable 5 use cases to run on restore day — coding, agents, research, finance, and frontier loops. Fable 5 is live globally July 1, 2026. GPT-5.6 broad GA expected in coming weeks.
Jun 11, 2026
Fable 5 is back July 1. Ten high-impact use cases from launch week — coding, research, legal, and multi-day agents. GPT-5.6 around the corner.
Jul 18, 2026
On July 17 around 18:30 UTC, paid Claude subscribers saw Fable 5 vanish from claude.ai and Claude Code — "Usage credits are required for this model" — two days before the July 19 promo deadline. Anthropic fixed it in ~30 minutes, refunded credits plus a matching grant. explainx.ai maps the timeline and X panic.
Jul 12, 2026
@ClaudeDevs ships Claude Code desktop browser — read, click, debug URLs sandboxed. Version 1.2581.0 July 10. explainx.ai setup, shortcuts, and developer reactions.
Update — July 8, 2026: Included Fable extended to July 12, 11:59pm PT — extension guide
July 1, 2026 — Fable 5 is live. Official Anthropic terms: 50% of weekly limits through July 12, then credits; classifiers may route some coding to Opus 4.8. Prioritize frontier tasks before July 13.
This is the expanded 35-use-case checklist. Use cases 1–10 link to deep dives in the original top 10 guide; 11–35 are July 1 quick-starts worth running this week.
| Check | Why |
|---|---|
| Fable in picker / API | Rollout may be gradual — status hub |
| Credits vs limits | 50% weekly through July 7 — official · limits guide |
| Classifier fallback | Cyber-adjacent coding may hit Opus 4.8 — not a picker bug |
| Sonnet 5 fallback | Cheaper for bulk agent steps |
| Harness ready | Claude Code commands · loop design |
| China / proxy users | Read fingerprint report + China availability |
These are the highest-signal Fable workloads from June launch week. Each has a long-form section in Top 10 Fable 5 use cases:
/goal loops — test coverage, benchmark targetsJuly 1 tip: Pick one from this list and run it end-to-end before trying exotic prompts.
| # | Use case | One-line prompt shape |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Flaky test hunt | "Find and fix the 5 flakiest tests; prove with 50 consecutive green runs" |
| 12 | Dependency upgrade blast radius | "Upgrade React 19→20 across monorepo; fix breaking API usage" |
| 13 | Security patch sweep | "Triage CVE list; patch critical; open PR with changelog" |
| 14 | Observability gap fill | "Add structured logging + tracing to payments path; no PII leaks" |
| 15 | API client SDK generation | "Generate typed SDK from OpenAPI; examples + integration tests" |
| 16 | Performance regression | "Profile p95 latency; optimize hot path; before/after benchmark" |
| 17 | Database migration with rollback | "Zero-downtime column migration + rollback script + runbook" |
| 18 | Minecraft-scale creative build | 3D world from one prompt |
| # | Use case | Harness notes |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Incident runbook executor | Feed postmortem + logs; propose fix + prevention PR |
| 20 | IaC drift reconciliation | Terraform plan/apply loop with policy checks |
| 21 | CI pipeline author | GitHub Actions from repo conventions; cache + matrix |
| 22 | On-call handoff doc | Summarize week of alerts → actionable runbook updates |
| 23 | Multi-repo feature | Same change across 3 services with coordinated releases |
| 24 | Parameter golf / ML pipeline | 8-hour loop improvement vs Opus baseline |
| # | Use case | Output |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Competitive landscape memo | 20 competitors → matrix + strategic implications |
| 26 | Patent prior-art scan | Claims vs corpus; gap table for counsel |
| 27 | Policy brief from sources | EU AI Act section → exec summary + citations |
| 28 | Course syllabus builder | Learning objectives → 12-week outline + assessments |
| 29 | Literature review for grant | NIH-style background + gap statement |
| # | Use case | Who benefits |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Board deck from metrics | CFO: narrative + chart suggestions from raw CSV |
| 31 | Vendor RFP scoring | Weight criteria → ranked vendors + risk flags |
| 32 | Customer support taxonomy | 10k tickets → clusters + macro reply drafts |
| 33 | Sales battlecard refresh | Competitor launch → updated objection handling |
| # | Use case | Why Fable not Sonnet |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | Cyber range scenario design | Mythos safeguards + long-horizon red-team planning (Mythos context) |
| 35 | Multi-day product rewrite | Spec → architecture → implementation → docs across sessions with memory |
# Claude Code example
/goal "Ship feature X with 90% test coverage and updated README"
# Model: Fable 5 (once restored)
# Fallback: Sonnet 5 for sub-steps if credits low
Loop checklist (Lance Martin pattern):
| Task type | Model |
|---|---|
| Bulk edits, daily coding, chat agents | Sonnet 5 |
| Multi-day, FrontierBench-hard, Mythos cyber | Fable 5 |
| Quick Q&A, drafts | Haiku / Sonnet |
| Peak general reasoning (non-Mythos) | Opus 4.8 |
Intro Sonnet API pricing $2/$10 through Aug 31 — use it to save Fable credits for items 34–35.
Use cases reflect June–July 2026 community patterns and Anthropic launch materials. Verify model availability in your account. Last updated: July 1, 2026.