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Collaborating with Anthropic on Claude Sonnet 4.5 to power intelligent coding agents

Vercel + Anthropic just shipped Claude Sonnet 4.5 integration. Now developers can deploy AI coding agents directly into their repos.

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Why it matters

Vercel is converting Claude Sonnet 4.5 into a production developer tool, not just a model. This moves coding AI from chat to automated workflows—repos, CI/CD, and shipping.

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  1. Claude Sonnet 4.5 now available on Vercel AI Gateway with full SDK support

  2. Tested in Vercel v0 and Next.js build pipelines

  3. New Coding Agent Platform template shipped

  4. Measurable improvements in design sensibility and code quality on Next.js linting tasks

  5. Integration enables AI to plan, execute, and ship changes safely in repositories

  6. Published September 29, 2025

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Publisher excerpt: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now available on with full support in . We’ve been testing the model in v0, across our Next.js build pipelines, and inside our new Coding Agent Platform template. The model shows improvements in design sensibility and code quality, with measurable gains when building and…
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