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Using Claude Mythos 5.1 on GCP Vertex AI

Implementation guide · Claude Mythos · Anthropic

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GCP Vertex AI exposes Claude Mythos 5.1 through model ID claude-mythos-5-1. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-09-01. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at GCP Vertex AI and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the GCP Vertex AI SDK or REST API to call claude-mythos-5-1 — see the documentation for request format.

Code Examples

Install
pip install google-cloud-aiplatform
API key
GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT
Model ID
claude-mythos-5-1

For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".

import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel

# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("claude-mythos-5-1")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)

Pricing on GCP Vertex AI

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch API

About Claude Mythos 5.1

Anthropic's invitation-only Mythos-class model, released September 1, 2026. Same underlying model as Claude Fable 5.1 without the cybersecurity and biology safeguards. Access is limited to a small set of vetted organizations through trusted access / Project Glasswing; Anthropic currently makes it available to a set of US organizations and is working to expand. Claude API id claude-mythos-5-1. Pricing starts at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens (limited availability; no cheaper public tier published). Cache reads $0.25 per 1M. 1M-token context, 128K max output, adaptive thinking always on, text and image input to text output.

Model Specs

Released2026-09-01
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2026-06

Provider

GCP Vertex AI
GCP Vertex AI

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Mountain View, California, United States