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Why use Claude Mythos 5.2 on Anthropic?
Anthropic offers Claude Mythos 5.2 with restricted access; listed pricing at $8.00/1M input tokens. Anthropic is a safety-focused AI research company and creator of the Claude model family, offering API access through the Anthropic Console for text generation, analysis, and coding tasks.
Compare Claude Mythos 5.2 across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install anthropicexport ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-mythos-5-2",claude-mythos-5-2Request example
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-mythos-5-2",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)Gotchas
- Use the versioned model ID, e.g. "claude-sonnet-4-6" or "claude-opus-4-7-20251101".
- The examples expect ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Claude Mythos 5.2 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $8.00 | $40.00 |
| AWS Bedrock | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $8.00 |
| Output tokens | $40.00 |
Capabilities
About Claude Mythos 5.2
Claude Mythos 5.2 is Anthropic's restricted Mythos-class model, released November 9, 2026. It is the same underlying model as Claude Fable 5.2 without the cybersecurity and biology safeguards. Access is restricted to organizations verified through Anthropic's Life Sciences and Cyber Verification Programs. Claude API id claude-mythos-5-2. 1M-token context, 128K max output, adaptive thinking always on (default effort high), text and image input to text output. Knowledge cutoff June 2026. For verified organizations, Anthropic documents model IDs for the Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google-managed and Anthropic-managed), Microsoft Foundry and Claude Platform on AWS.