# Anthropic Claude

Use the Anthropic Claude coding agent powered by Copilot.

> \[!NOTE] The Anthropic Claude coding agent is currently in public preview.

## Introduction

The Anthropic Claude coding agent uses the Claude Agent SDK and can be powered by your existing Copilot subscription. For information about Anthropic Claude, see the [Anthropic Claude documentation](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview).

## Anthropic Claude coding agent

Before you can assign tasks to Anthropic Claude coding agent, it must be enabled. See [Managing GitHub Copilot policies as an individual subscriber](/en/copilot/how-tos/manage-your-account/manage-policies#enabling-or-disabling-third-party-coding-agents-in-your-repositories).

To learn more about using third-party coding agents, see [About third-party coding agents](/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-third-party-coding-agents).

### Supported models

When starting a task with the Anthropic Claude coding agent, you can select the AI model used by the agent. The following models are available:

* Auto
* Claude Opus 4.5
* Claude Opus 4.6
* Claude Opus 4.7
* Claude Sonnet 4.5
* Claude Sonnet 4.6

If you select **Auto**, Copilot auto model selection will select the best model based on availability and to help reduce rate limiting. For more information, see [About Copilot auto model selection](/en/copilot/concepts/models/auto-model-selection).