Last checked July 6, 2026

Claude Central

The source-backed portal for Claude models, plans, apps, Claude Code, API features, prompting, privacy, and official resources.

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A labeled map of Claude models, apps, Code, API, and governance sources
Model choice Fable, Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku? Buying Free, Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise, or API? Building Messages, tools, search, MCP, and batches. Governance Retention, training, ZDR, and Trust Center.

Guide index

One portal for the scattered official Claude surface

Orientation

What Is Claude?

A plain-language guide to Claude, the Claude app, Claude Code, and the Claude API, with official sources for every major claim.

 Model map

Claude Models Explained

Current Claude model families, API IDs, availability, and practical selection guidance for Fable, Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.

 Buying guide

Claude Plans And Pricing

Claude Free, Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise, and API pricing explained with dated primary-source links and decision guidance.

 Product map

Claude Apps And Product Surfaces

How Claude web, desktop, mobile, projects, artifacts, connectors, memory, Cowork, @Claude, Science, and Security fit together.

 Coding agent

Claude Code Guide

Claude Code explained: terminal, IDE, desktop, browser, automation, Agent SDK, subscription/API access, and safe usage patterns.

 Developer platform

Claude API Guide

A practical map of the Claude API: Messages API, tools, web search, MCP, citations, Files API, batches, caching, effort, and cost controls.

Current model map

Claude’s public model stack changes quickly. Start with the source.

The official Models overview currently compares Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5. Claude Central summarizes the tradeoffs and links back to the owner page for every volatile detail.

Read the model guide
Fable 5
Highest broadly released capability for long-running agents.
Opus 4.8
Complex agentic coding and enterprise work.
Sonnet 5
High-performance coding and agents at broad scale.
Haiku 4.5
Fastest, most cost-efficient current tier.

Primary sources

35+ official pages, organized by what they own

Claude Platform Docs Models overview

Official current model families, IDs, descriptions, and availability.

 Claude by Anthropic Pricing

Official plan and API pricing surface.

 Claude Code Docs Claude Code overview

Official Claude Code surfaces, installation, and automation overview.

 Claude Platform Docs Using the Messages API

Official Messages API patterns and stateless conversation note.

 Claude Help Center Configure custom data retention controls

Official Enterprise custom retention behavior.

 Anthropic Anthropic Trust Center

Official compliance artifacts and control documentation hub.

All Guides

  1. What Is Claude? Treat Claude as an ecosystem, not one app: the same model family can appear in claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, cloud platforms, and specialized work apps with different controls.
  2. Claude Models Explained Use Fable 5 when maximum capability is worth the cost and safeguards fit your workload; Opus 4.8 for complex agentic coding and enterprise work; Sonnet 5 for broad high-performance work; Haiku 4.5 for fast, low-cost throughput.
  3. Claude Plans And Pricing Pick a subscription for interactive work, pick API billing for production software, and treat Team or Enterprise as governance decisions rather than just larger personal plans.
  4. Claude Apps And Product Surfaces Use the app for human-in-the-loop work, projects for durable context, artifacts for shareable outputs, connectors for permissioned data access, and specialized apps when the workflow has its own tools and governance.
  5. Claude Code Guide Treat Claude Code like a junior-to-senior pair programmer with tool access: give it clear goals, isolate risky work, require tests, and keep review authority with humans.
  6. Claude API Guide Build API integrations around explicit state, source attribution, stop handling, caching, and evals; do not treat the API like the chat app with an HTTP wrapper.
  7. How To Prompt Claude Do not optimize wording in a vacuum. Prompt Claude against a measurable task, then iterate with examples, context boundaries, output contracts, and final self-checks.
  8. Claude Privacy, Security, And Data Controls For sensitive work, verify the exact plan and feature path: Team and Enterprise data governance differs from consumer use, and some API features are explicitly not Zero Data Retention eligible.
  9. Latest Claude Releases And How To Track Them Never rely on a stale third-party “latest model” article. Confirm current model IDs, availability, price, and safety notes on official pages before deploying or buying.
  10. Official Claude Resources And Glossary When in doubt, verify with the source category that owns the fact: docs for API behavior, pricing pages for cost, Help Center for product/plan behavior, Trust Center for compliance, and news for launch context.