Which Frontier model should I use if I want to do analytical analysis on a business? As part of that, am I better off using the general interface to it or one of the code interfaces? For example, if I want to decompose some financial results, should I use Claude Opus 4.8 or Claude Opus 4.8 code?

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Use Claude Opus 4.8 accessed through the general conversational interface with the code-execution tool enabled.

Which Frontier model should I use if I want to do analytical analysis on a business? As part of that, am I better off using the general interface to it or one of the code interfaces? For example, if I want to decompose some financial results, should I use Claude Opus 4.8 or Claude Opus 4.8 code?

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