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@SemiAnalysis_X · Aug 4, 2026

Claude tool use across generations

@SemiAnalysis_'s bar chart drew 50.5K views on X: 1.3x @semianalysis_'s median post and #535 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Claude tool use per model response

XDataBar chartClaude Fable 5All Anthropic modelsOpus 4.6Opus 4.7Opus 4.8Opus 5Fable 5
Published by @SemiAnalysis_ on X, Aug 4, 2026. Source: x.com
40/ 100

ViralChart score

Wide but thin

More views than the median post but a lower engagement rate: many saw it, few acted. Common for big accounts.

#760 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #18 of 24 @semianalysis_ posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

The post sits in the Wide but thin quadrant, with a score rank of #760 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 0.31% engagement rate sits at the 10th percentile among AI chart posts, against a 0.73% median.

The score of 40 ranks #760 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #18 of 24 @SemiAnalysis_ posts.

Views of 50.5K are 1.3x the 40.3K company median, ranking #11 of 24 @SemiAnalysis_ posts.

bottom 10%engagement rate

0.31% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

2.0xthe median bar chart post

Across 241 bar chart posts we hold, the median gets 25.6K views.

bottom 36%save rate

0.057% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

1.3x@semianalysis_'s median post

50.5K views, where @semianalysis_'s typical post gets 40.3K.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 12, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 24 from @semianalysis_.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #760 of 1,162

Views50.5K#535top 46%
Likes132#733bottom 37%
Engagement rate0.31%#1,043bottom 10%
Save rate0.057%#748bottom 36%

Among 24 @semianalysis_ posts

Score #18 of 24

Views50.5K#11top 44%
Likes132#17bottom 31%
Engagement rate0.31%#21bottom 15%
Save rate0.057%#19bottom 23%

Growth

One read so far

Views50.5K
Age at our read69 days
Views per day of life730views divided by days since it was posted

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@semianalysis_'s posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Aug 4, 2026

@SemiAnalysis_ charts Claude tool use across generations

A bar chart of Claude tool use per model response drew 50.5K views but a 0.31% engagement rate, below the 0.73% median for AI chart posts.

What happened

@SemiAnalysis_ posted a bar chart on Claude tool use across generations on August 4, 2026. It was the account's only post that day.

The numbers

It reached 50.5K views, ranking #535 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #11 of 24 @SemiAnalysis_ posts. Its score of 40 ranks #760 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #18 of 24 @SemiAnalysis_ posts.

The lesson

At 0.31% engagement against a 0.73% median for AI chart posts, this bar chart of 5 models drew views but few likes, reposts, quotes or replies. The 0.057% save rate shows the chart was not kept for citation.

What it means

For @SemiAnalysis_, 50.5K views rank #11 of 24 posts, yet the score of 40 ranks #18 of 24. The 1.3x lead over the 40.3K company median views comes with engagement at the 10th percentile among AI chart posts.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 12, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Data and API

5 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 97%
SeriesGroupValueRead
Opus 4.61.14 callsprinted
Opus 4.70.99 callsprinted
Opus 4.80.76 callsprinted
Opus 50.79 callsprinted
Fable 51 callsprinted

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/d00c14e0123e.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/d00c14e0123e.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/d00c14e0123e.skill.md

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id d00c14e0123e.

PathReturnsPlan
GET/api/v1/charts/d00c14e0123eTitle, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data linkOpen
GET/api/v1/charts/d00c14e0123e/dataEvery point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSVMax
GET/api/v1/charts/d00c14e0123e/render?view=1The draw-only view this page usesOpen
POST/mcpTool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agentsMax
curlMax
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/d00c14e0123e/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"
Claude CodeMax
claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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