# Perplexity puts Claude Fable 5 back as orchestrator

By Steven Van · 2026-07-01

Fable 5 now handles the planning and routing behind Perplexity's answers, not just the final response.

[Perplexity](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/perplexity>) has restored Claude Fable 5 as an orchestrator model, the vendor [announced](<https://x.com/i/status/2072433125104505226>). Orchestrator models handle the planning and routing behind a Perplexity answer, so this determines which model is coordinating searches and reasoning steps, not just which one writes the final response.

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