# Descript's editing assistant moves to Claude Opus 4.8

By Steven Van · 2026-06-06

Underlord's Opus 4.8 upgrade improves trimming long videos, chapter markers, and silence removal, per Anthropic.

Descript's Underlord editing assistant now runs on **Claude Opus 4.8**, according to a post from Anthropic. The update improves how it handles cutting long videos, adding chapter markers, and removing silences.

[View media](<https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2060057419317956608/vid/avc1/1080x1920/I6VMAcUSmYO3LT1B.mp4>)

![Descript](<https://static-cdn.descript.com/web/icons/apple-touch-icon.png>)

Descript

Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript — delete a word and it leaves the video, plus Studio Sound cleanup and Overdub voice cloning.

[View Descript →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/descript>)

[Read Descript's editing assistant moves to Claude Opus 4.8 on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/descript-opus-4-8-support>)

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