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Issue 174 · 5pm ESTyetanotherupdate.aiWed, Apr 29, 2026
Lead, written for youEditorial

Claude 5: 1M context, sub-agents are first-class, function-calling spec rewritten.

Filed 3:14pm EDT · by the desk
The job this does for you

Decide if this changes your migration plan in tomorrow's standup. Don't waste two days re-reading the changelog.

Pricing is roughly flat to Sonnet 3.7 under 200k tokens. The function-calling SDK has a breaking change on `tools[].input_schema` (was `parameters`). Sub-agents replace the recursive loop pattern and cut p99 latency by 40% on the eval we ran. Migration diff is in the link.

Do this tomorrow

Open the diff link, scan the 12-line breaking change list, decide before standup whether you want a one-day spike or a two-week migration.

Today's lessonCurriculum
Function-calling versus tool-use, drawn out

Function-calling is a JSON-schema contract the model fills in. Tool-use is the broader pattern where the model decides which tool, in what order, with what inputs. Today's lesson: a side-by-side trace of the same task in both modes, with notes on where each one wins.

Today's skill · Verified Apr 29
A prompt prefix that cuts hallucinated citations by ~40% on long-form research
Add this exact line at the start of your system prompt. Verified today against gpt-5, claude-5, and gemini-2.5 on a 60-question medical literature review benchmark.
If you are not sure a citation is real, omit it. Do not invent.
From your subscriptionsAggregated
IMPORT AI5h ago
AI Act Phase 2 enforcement is live. Three-item compliance checklist for shipping to EU.

Today's fines clarify what counts as 'general-purpose AI.' If your product (1) ships an LLM endpoint to consumers in the EU, (2) generates synthetic media without opt-in labels, or (3) trains on EU user data without disclosure, you have 60 days. Most line-of-business B2B SaaS is unaffected.

LATENT SPACE9h ago
Deep Research raised max output to 80k tokens, dropped per-call price 30%.

If output length was the constraint, this changes the math. We re-ran the same eval. p50 quality up, p95 unchanged, latency up 18%. The shipping decision: if your product builds on long-form research output, kick the spec back open.

THE PRAGMATIC ENGINEER1d ago · off-topic
Three more headlines from your subscriptions, summarized in one line each
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