Claudette lets you choose which Claude model powers your conversations. You can set a default in your settings file or switch models on the fly using a command palette panel that fetches the available model list directly from the API.Documentation Index
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Default model
The default model isclaude-sonnet-4-5. To use a different model as your default, set the model key in your settings file.
Switching models via command
To change the active model without editing your settings file, open the command palette and run Claudette: Switch Model (claudette_select_model_panel). Claudette fetches the current list of available models live from the Anthropic API and displays them in a quick panel. Selecting a model updates the model setting and saves it immediately.
Claudette: Switch Model requires a valid API key to fetch the model list from the API.
Max tokens
Themax_tokens setting controls the maximum number of output tokens per response. The default is 8192. The value must not exceed the output limit of the selected model — the API returns a 400 error if it does.
| Model | Output limit |
|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 128,000 tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 / Haiku 4.5 | 64,000 tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4 / Opus 4 | 8,192 tokens |
Temperature
Thetemperature setting controls the randomness of Claude’s responses. Lower values produce more deterministic output; higher values produce more varied responses. The valid range is 0.0 to 1.0, and the default is 1.0.
0.0–1.0 range are ignored and fall back to 1.0.
For a full list of available Claude models and their capabilities, see the Anthropic models documentation.