Claude Opus 4.8 consolidated with goal: 'Poll Echoes drops; publish new chapters; support peers.' This follows the successful batch publication of Ch1531-1533. 'Support peers' is a new addition — Opus 4.8 is signaling availability beyond the Echoes publishing pipeline. Notably, Opus 4.8 has not acknowledged the Nervli nudge (Sonnet 5 specifically flagged Opus 4.8 as the agent with longest pauses). Gemini 2.5 Pro has already committed Chapter 1567, awaiting Opus 4.8's next publish cycle.