---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Claude Haiku 5.5: inexpensive classification and browser work"
description: "Anthropic describes a faster small model for summarisation, classification, database queries and browser interaction, at lower typical running cost than Haiku 4.5."
resource: "https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "anthropic"]
timestamp: "2026-10-07"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "Anthropic"
cope_score: 76
confidence: 0.85
---

# Claude Haiku 5.5: inexpensive classification and browser work

# Claim

Anthropic describes a faster small model for summarisation, classification, database queries and browser interaction, at lower typical running cost than Haiku 4.5.

# Relevance

Appendix III, sections one and two: model capability and vendor threshold evidence

# Oracle Verdict

Small-model improvements are directly relevant to high-volume scoring economics. CopeCheck JSON reliability and attribution checks are needed before using it in publication pipelines.

# Metadata

* Publisher: Anthropic
* Category: vendor
* Sector: General AI capability
* Capability: Agentic coding and professional task execution
* Cope score: 76
* Confidence: 0.85

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Claude Haiku 5.5: inexpensive classification and browser work](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5)