Claude Opus 4.5
Provider status: active; identity checked 2026-10-04. Capabilities still need verification before choosing.
Price not verified
All starting points
Atlas / Find your approach
Repair an AI-built app.
Understand a failing build and make the smallest repair you can check and undo.
Your situation
What does a useful result look like?
Choose a priority above, or start with these questions.
Open questions will travel with your prompt. Nothing is assumed on your behalf.
The practical differences
Two ways into this work.
Keep the wider workflow in view as you decide.
Review & recovery
CursorCode editor with AI
Cursor supports reviewing changes by inspecting diffs, running checks, and catching problems before merging.
GitHub CopilotAssistant in your code editor
Copilot Chat supports self-correcting agent sessions that can be tracked, paused, resumed, or handed off; users can review, accept, or discard suggested edits per file in edit mode.
Access to the build
CursorCode editor with AI
Cursor can connect with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, JetBrains, Slack, Linear, and more.
GitHub CopilotAssistant in your code editor
Requires the latest version of Visual Studio Code for VS Code usage; Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 or later for Visual Studio; a compatible JetBrains IDE with the latest GitHub Copilot extension for JetBrains.
Access & limits
CursorCode editor with AI
AI usage is pooled across Cursor and Grok, refreshes weekly, and third-party models in Cursor are billed separately at API list price and are not included in monthly plan prices.
GitHub CopilotAssistant in your code editor
Access to GitHub Copilot is required; if accessed via an organization, chat may be disabled by the organization owner.
Latest source check: 2026-10-14. These are product offerings, not individual model benchmarks. Plans and availability can change.
Models to evaluate now
Candidates reflect current provider identities and documented capability coverage. A newer release is not evidence of better output quality.
Model and API access can differ from the models available in your chosen app.
Claude Opus 4.6
Provider status: active; identity checked 2026-10-04. Capabilities still need verification before choosing.
Price not verified
Claude Opus 4.6 (fast mode)
Provider status: preview; identity checked 2026-10-04. Capabilities still need verification before choosing. Preview availability and limits may change.
Price not verified
What changed in the research
- Gemini Notebook: Verified changes to verified.sources, verified.citations, verified.images, facts.Access & limits, facts.Working with your files, facts.Checking an answer. Recommendations and exported plans use this evidence. 2026-10-15
- Claude tasks: Verified changes to verified.plainLanguage, facts.How you direct it, facts.What you connect, facts.What you own. Recommendations and exported plans use this evidence. 2026-10-15
- Lovable: Verified changes to verified.codeWorkspace, facts.From idea to preview, facts.Keeping control, facts.Ongoing cost. Recommendations and exported plans use this evidence. 2026-10-15
- Codex CLI 0.162.1: New provider-verified model added to comparisons and candidate selection. 2026-10-15
- Codex CLI 0.162.0: New provider-verified model added to comparisons and candidate selection. 2026-10-15
- Codex CLI 0.161.0: New provider-verified model added to comparisons and candidate selection. 2026-10-15
Provider coverage and freshness
Source checks and verification rotate within the collection budget. A failed check does not make an old record current.
- OpenAI: Reviewed 2026-10-15
- Cognition AI: Reviewed 2026-10-10
- Anysphere: Reviewed 2026-10-12
- Windsurf: Reviewed 2026-10-13
- Anthropic: Reviewed 2026-10-13
- GitHub (Microsoft): Reviewed 2026-10-13
When the next step gets complicated
We’ll help clear the way.
Take the prompt and keep building. If you hit a roadblock, we can help with the architecture, integrations, or an AI-built app that needs experienced hands.