Claude Instant
The fast, cheap tier before Haiku existed — Claude's first sibling. Checkpoints 1.1 and 1.2 belong here as subpages.
Sources
Official
tk — to collect
Writing & commentary
tk — to collect
Tweets
tk — fleet pass pending; mirror to archive
Official record
- Launched 2023 alongside Claude 1 as the low-latency tier; succeeded by the Haiku line in Mar 2024.
- tk — fill from primary sources
History
tk — context of the world at release; events and entanglements
Impressions
tk — day-of and longitudinal vibes to collect