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Claude Sonnet 5 becomes the default agentic model

Published 27 July 2026 · Source dated 1 July 2026

Anthropic made Claude Sonnet 5 the default model for every free and pro user from 1 July 2026, built for multi-step agentic tasks at near-flagship performance. The same class of model powers coding agents like Cursor and Claude Code, which connect to Figma via MCP.

Anthropic made Claude Sonnet 5 the default model for every free and pro user from 1 July 2026, calling it 'the most agentic Sonnet ever built' — performing close to flagship Opus on many tasks at introductory pricing through August. That matters beyond chatbots: the same agentic models power tools like Cursor and Claude Code, which plug into Figma via MCP to read designs and write code. If you've tried an AI coding agent and found it clumsy with multi-step tasks, this is the kind of upgrade that changes that experience quickly. It's real adoption, not a lab demo — Anthropic rolled it out to its entire user base, not a beta group.

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If you use an AI coding agent alongside Figma, check which model it's running on and try the latest default this week to see how it handles a multi-step task.

Source: buildfastwithai.com ·