Grok 4.5 excels at skills and MCP use

This update centers on MCP connectors and enterprise data access, showing that external system connectivity is becoming a standard product-layer capability for AI tools.

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Grok 4.5 excels at skills and MCP use Hyperbrowser (@hyperbrowser) We put grok 4.5 and opus 4.8 head to head on the same browser task, on Hyperbrowser Sandboxes. We then asked it to open a page in a real sandboxed browser and pull the title. Grok build on Grok 4.5, Claude code on Opus 4.8, identical setup. Grok 4.5 cam

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This head-to-head browser task benchmark shows Grok 4.5 outperforming Opus 4.8, signaling a shift in which frontier model leads for real-world developer automation workflows.

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Grok 4.5 excels at skills and MCP use Hyperbrowser (@hyperbrowser) We put grok 4.5 and opus 4.8 head to head on the same browser task, on Hyperbrowser Sandboxes.

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