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# Fable 5 for Developers: API Setup, Tools, Migration

Model IDs, the 1M context window, refusal handling, fallbacks, and where Fable 5 runs today, from Copilot to Bedrock. A working setup guide.

**Contents**

- The basics: IDs, context, output
- Adaptive thinking is always on
- Refusals are a 200, not an error
- Launch-day feature set
- Where it runs
- Migrating from Opus 4.8
- Update: July 7, 2026

Full text: https://yippy.com/t/y1vn8vuh9k95ekj9v4ay/