Effort and thinking are two settings. Here is what each one does to your answers.

Effort and thinking are two settings. Here is what each one does to your answers.

Chad Garrison
Published on: 10/19/2026

Effort sets how hard Claude works on each answer and thinking lets it work the problem out first. What each costs, where they sit, and when to change them.

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Which Claude should you use? Start on Sonnet and move up when it struggles

Which Claude should you use? Start on Sonnet and move up when it struggles

Chad Garrison
Published on: 09/23/2026

The four Claude models in plain words, the one to live on, the three times to move up, and why the heaviest model is not a shortcut for a small business.

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