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Amp
Proprietary coding agent from the Sourcegraph spin-out: CLI, web and mobile apps, and 'orbs' (vendor-run cloud machines) for background work; routes each 'Dial' mode to frontier models it picks, with BYOK/subscription routing.
ampcode.com/Active
Spun out of Sourcegraph as an independent company in Dec 2025 (about page: 'independent agent research lab'); npm @sourcegraph/amp latest published 2026-10-25; Chronicle posts through Aug 2026. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (71% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Claude Code 82% of 17 shared answers match
- Factory Droid 82% of 17 shared answers match
- OpenAI Codex CLI 82% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active Latest CLI build published 2026-10-25. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source npm license field: 'SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md'; no public source repo. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads Free Hobby tier plus $20/mo Individual tiers, Teams, Enterprise; says it is profitable. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | partly (some features need the maker's servers) CLI runs the agent locally and orbs can be self-hosted/runners, but threads, accounts and routing go through ampcode.com. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | account required Quickstart step 1: create an account and sign in. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | AGENTS.md Amp helped popularize AGENTS.md; it is Amp's main instructions file. Also MCP. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | terminal (CLI or TUI) Multi-surface: CLI, web app at ampcode.com, macOS/iOS/Android apps; the VS Code extension is no longer in the docs nav. Heavy emphasis on cloud orbs, so 'web app or cloud service' is arguable. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | both are first-class Local CLI edits, or orbs that keep working with laptop closed and push branches / open PRs (GitHub & Git doc). | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) By default Amp picks and serves the model per mode; model routing lets you send models through your own API keys, subscriptions, gateways, or any OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible Custom URL. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | no No documented local-model setup; Custom URL to an OpenAI-compatible endpoint and 'Ollama Cloud' are listed, not local Ollama. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | doesn't ask (a sandbox or automatic reviewer may still block risky actions) 'By default, Amp does not ask for approval before running tools.' | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions CLI runs locally with no sandbox; docs suggest isolated environments or orbs (vendor VMs) for untrusted work. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, AGENTS.md is its main instructions file Falls back to AGENT.md or CLAUDE.md if no AGENTS.md. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | no Only a third-party wrapper (github.com/tao12345666333/amp-acp) listed in the ACP registry; no official ACP support in Amp docs. | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | a subscription plan from the tool's maker Monthly tiers include agent usage; also pay-as-you-go credits at zero markup, BYOK or ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions with no Amp token fees. Mixed model; poll forces one. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · ampcode.com/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/about · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/cli · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/customize/agents-md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/customize/mcp · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/customize/model-routing · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/orbs · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/pricing · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/docs/tools · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · ampcode.com/pricing · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · registry.npmjs.org/@sourcegraph/amp · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/acp/agent/amp-acp · read 2026-10-25
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