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feat(models): add Claude Sonnet 5.5 - #519

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Claude Code 2.1.284 ships Claude Sonnet 5.5 and points its sonnet alias at it, but styal's Claude model manifest does not list the model, so the Claude picker cannot offer it. Upstream T3 Code has no Sonnet 5.5 support yet.

This adds a Sonnet 5.5 manifest entry and profile, following #405 for Opus 5.5:

  • claude-sonnet-5-5 is a current model with a NEW badge, shown only for Claude Code 2.1.284 or newer. Older CLIs see the existing "too old for Claude Sonnet 5.5, upgrade to v2.1.284" notice.
  • The profile follows the model catalog bundled in Claude Code 2.1.284: effort low through max with medium as the default, ultracode (Claude Code offers it on every model with xhigh effort), and ultrathink. There is no fast mode. The context window defaults to 200k with 1M selectable through the [1m] suffix, matching Sonnet 5, whose context metadata is identical.
  • Sonnet 5 moves to Legacy models. It keeps the sonnet alias for older Claude Code versions, the way Opus 5 kept opus.
  • currentModels.claudeAgent lists Sonnet 5.5 in place of Sonnet 5 for releases that predate catalog discovery.

The Claude Code default stays Opus 5.5.

Validation

  • I loaded the bundled catalog and resolved models for Claude Code 2.1.283 and 2.1.284. With 2.1.283, Sonnet 5.5 is hidden and the upgrade notice names v2.1.284. With 2.1.284, it appears just ahead of Sonnet 5 and defaults to medium effort. Ultracode is sent to Claude Code as xhigh. Choosing 1M resolves to claude-sonnet-5-5[1m] with a 1,000,000-token window. sonnet-5.5 resolves to the new model, and sonnet still resolves to Sonnet 5.
  • Manifest and Claude catalog tests pass (14 tests).
  • In an isolated web dev server whose Claude provider used the Claude Code 2.1.284 binary from npm, with remote manifest fetches disabled, the picker listed Sonnet 5.5 with a NEW badge in place of Sonnet 5, and Legacy models grew from 8 to 9. Selecting Sonnet 5.5 showed Medium · 200k, and its menu offered Low through Max, Ultracode, Ultrathink, and a 200k (default) or 1M context window.
  • No authenticated inference request was sent to Sonnet 5.5.

Screenshots

Before, on main:

Claude model picker before Sonnet 5.5

After, with Sonnet 5.5 among current Claude models:

Claude model picker with Sonnet 5.5

Sonnet 5.5 reasoning and context options:

Sonnet 5.5 reasoning and context window options


Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-5-5).

Claude Code 2.1.284 ships Sonnet 5.5 and points its `sonnet` alias at
it, but styal's Claude catalog does not list the model, so the picker
cannot offer it.

Add a Sonnet 5.5 entry gated on Claude Code 2.1.284 with a NEW badge,
and a profile matching the CLI's model catalog: low through max effort
with medium as the default, ultracode, and a selectable 1M context
window using the same `[1m]` suffix as Sonnet 5. Move Sonnet 5 into
Legacy models while keeping its `sonnet` alias for older Claude Code
versions, and replace it in the pre-catalog current-model list.
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incognitojam marked this pull request as ready for review September 28, 2026 18:04
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