Claude Opus 4.8 plus Ultracode cut a portal task to about 40 minutes
A real work test compared regular with Ultracode inside Claude Code, using an employer’s enterprise license with almost unlimited usage. The task was to build an internal employee portal hosted on SharePoint with multiple . Before starting, the work was defined with a detailed spec, a Claude.md file, and an file.
Ultracode launched several planning agents, combined their findings, and then continued after review. It moved through Milestone 1 to Milestone 8 of the in one run. The session lasted about 40 minutes and handled , tests, server setup, and package downloads.
The same work would have felt like at least 3 to 4 hours with normal Opus 4.8 because of the extra back-and-forth. No compact conversation warning appeared during the run.
Key points
- The work used Claude Code through an enterprise license with almost unlimited usage.
- The project was an internal SharePoint employee portal with several .
- A detailed spec, Claude.md, and were prepared before running Ultracode.
- Ultracode used multiple planning agents and then executed Milestone 1 through Milestone 8 in one run.
- The full run took about 40 minutes, including tests, server setup, and package downloads.