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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Nicole McCain https://storage.buzzsprout.com/6kvuv6sxkemb4jmf1dtwbgnday2d?.jpg AI Prioritized Claude 5.5 Updates You Need to Know: How to Use The New AI Models Claude 5.5 Updates You Need to Know: How to Use The New AI Models The new Claude 5.5 updates explained for business owners. In this first episode of AI Prioritized, I walk through the new Claude model family, the combined chat and Cowork window, and a simple system for choosing the right Claude model for marketing, lead generation, sales and business automation.

Anthropic shipped four updates in three weeks: Chat and Cowork became one window (Sep 16), Opus 5.5 (Sep 22), Sonnet 5.5 (Sep 28) and Haiku 5.5 (Oct 7).

IN THIS EPISODE
- Opus 5.5 for judgment: research, analysis, strategy, anything a client will read
- Sonnet 5.5 for clearly defined execution: drafts from a template, set steps, routine documents
- Haiku 5.5 for speed and volume: sorting leads, labeling, summaries, form filling
- The permission setting I use before Claude works across your files and apps
- The most expensive AI mistake: putting your smartest model on every task
- A decision rule you can paste into your Claude instructions or team SOP

WHAT I PROMISED YOU
The action report prompt, the model and approval rule, and the other prompts from the episode are on the companion are in this YouTube video episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyZEs-kymU&t=206s

CHAPTERS
00:00 The cost of using Claude the old way
01:45 Opus 5.5 and the action report prompt
05:00 The permission setting and the one-window Claude
09:30 Sonnet 5.5 for clearly defined jobs
10:30 Haiku 5.5 for speed and volume
11:15 The most expensive AI mistake
12:15 Your three-level model system and decision rule
14:00 Recap and your next step

QUICK ANSWERS
1. Which Claude model should I use? Opus 5.5 for judgment, Sonnet 5.5 for clearly defined execution, Haiku 5.5 for speed and volume.

2. What does the Claude API cost? Opus 5.5 is $4 per million input tokens, Sonnet 5.5 is $2 and Haiku 5.5 is $0.10. If you only use the Claude app, you pay your plan price.

LINKS
Join The AI Prioritized community: AIPrioritized.com
Weekly newsletter: The AI Prioritized Brief - AIPrioritized.com

Consulting Website: GentivAI.com

Anthropic sources: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5 | https://www.anthropic.com/claude/sonnet | https://www.anthropic.com/claude/haiku | https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes

About your host: I'm Nicole McCain. After 20+ years leading operations, product and technology initiatives at top Fortune 500 companies, I help business owners build practical AI workflows and turn AI investments into measurable ROI.

Subscribe for weekly AI updates and hands on demos. 

]]> The new Claude 5.5 updates explained for business owners. In this first episode of AI Prioritized, I walk through the new Claude model family, the combined chat and Cowork window, and a simple system for choosing the right Claude model for marketing, lead generation, sales and business automation.

Anthropic shipped four updates in three weeks: Chat and Cowork became one window (Sep 16), Opus 5.5 (Sep 22), Sonnet 5.5 (Sep 28) and Haiku 5.5 (Oct 7).

IN THIS EPISODE
- Opus 5.5 for judgment: research, analysis, strategy, anything a client will read
- Sonnet 5.5 for clearly defined execution: drafts from a template, set steps, routine documents
- Haiku 5.5 for speed and volume: sorting leads, labeling, summaries, form filling
- The permission setting I use before Claude works across your files and apps
- The most expensive AI mistake: putting your smartest model on every task
- A decision rule you can paste into your Claude instructions or team SOP

WHAT I PROMISED YOU
The action report prompt, the model and approval rule, and the other prompts from the episode are on the companion are in this YouTube video episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyZEs-kymU&t=206s

CHAPTERS
00:00 The cost of using Claude the old way
01:45 Opus 5.5 and the action report prompt
05:00 The permission setting and the one-window Claude
09:30 Sonnet 5.5 for clearly defined jobs
10:30 Haiku 5.5 for speed and volume
11:15 The most expensive AI mistake
12:15 Your three-level model system and decision rule
14:00 Recap and your next step

QUICK ANSWERS
1. Which Claude model should I use? Opus 5.5 for judgment, Sonnet 5.5 for clearly defined execution, Haiku 5.5 for speed and volume.

2. What does the Claude API cost? Opus 5.5 is $4 per million input tokens, Sonnet 5.5 is $2 and Haiku 5.5 is $0.10. If you only use the Claude app, you pay your plan price.

LINKS
Join The AI Prioritized community: AIPrioritized.com
Weekly newsletter: The AI Prioritized Brief - AIPrioritized.com

Consulting Website: GentivAI.com

Anthropic sources: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5 | https://www.anthropic.com/claude/sonnet | https://www.anthropic.com/claude/haiku | https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes

About your host: I'm Nicole McCain. After 20+ years leading operations, product and technology initiatives at top Fortune 500 companies, I help business owners build practical AI workflows and turn AI investments into measurable ROI.

Subscribe for weekly AI updates and hands on demos. 

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