Amp is a coding agent and development environment from Amp Frontier Corporation, an independent company created in the Sourcegraph spin-out in December 2025. The point is not just chatting in the terminal: the agent can keep working on cloud machines after you close your laptop.
What it’s for
- Delegating multi-step coding tasks from a natural-language description
- Running the agent locally, on the web or on dedicated remote machines
- Keeping event-driven workflows, such as repository integrations, CI or schedules
- Combining subagents and a meta-agent for larger tasks
How it works
- The agent is model-agnostic and uses third-party frontier models
- An effort selector adjusts the level of reasoning used on each task
- You can route your own subscription or supply your own key
- Remote machines allow execution without continuous supervision; you can also run on your own hardware
Where it runs
- CLI/TUI for macOS, Linux and Windows
- Web app and apps for macOS, iOS and iPad
- Editor integrations, including VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed and Neovim
- Cloud machines and execution on the user’s own hardware
Availability and licensing
- The core is proprietary and there is no official source repository for the agent
- Auxiliary components published by the company may have open licenses
- Access is by subscription, with an option to use your own key on certain plans
How it differs
- The current focus is persistent remote machines rather than local-only sessions
- The company has been independent since the Sourcegraph spin-out, which changes the provider on the entry
- It combines an interactive agent and autonomous execution in the same product
Things to note
- Unsupervised execution requires reviewing permissions and scope
- Consumption depends on the chosen model and the time spent running remotely
- Features and plans change often; check the official documentation