--- title: How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6 | daily.dev description: A hands-on review of GPT-5.6, OpenAI's latest model, covering its three size variants (Sol, Terra, Luna), reasoning levels, and practical usage tips. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-gpt-5-6-6snmzicee twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6 | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on review of GPT-5.6, OpenAI's latest model, covering its three size variants (Sol, Terra, Luna), reasoning levels, and practical usage tips. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-gpt-5-6-6snmzicee og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6sNMZiCEe.png og:image:alt: How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6 **[Towards Data Science](https://daily.dev/sources/tds)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on review of GPT-5.6, OpenAI's latest model, covering its three size variants (Sol, Terra, Luna), reasoning levels, and practical usage tips. The author recommends GPT-5.6 primarily for code reviews, noting it outperforms alternatives in that area. Key advice includes using extra-high reasoning only for planning (to avoid draining usage limits), switching to medium reasoning for implementation, and ensuring the model has access to all necessary MCP tools. The author's preferred workflow remains Claude Fable for planning, Opus 4.8 for execution, and GPT-5.6 for code review. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review), [#gpt](https://daily.dev/tags/gpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-gpt-5-6-6snmzicee) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-gpt-5-6-6snmzicee","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-gpt-5-6-6snmzicee"},"datePublished":"2026-07-17T17:25:26.098Z","dateModified":"2026-07-17T21:24:31.546Z","description":"A hands-on review of GPT-5.6, OpenAI's latest model, covering its three size variants (Sol, Terra, Luna), reasoning levels, and practical usage tips. The...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a1de075fce9fa9f04e80ae67fcc5eca4?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a1de075fce9fa9f04e80ae67fcc5eca4?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Towards Data Science","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Towards Data Science","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tds","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tds"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-work-effectively-with-gpt-5-6-6snmzicee","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"llm,openai,ai-coding,code-review,gpt","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Towards Data Science","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tds"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6"}]} ```