Amp CLI

Amp is the frontier coding agent for your terminal and editor.

- Multi-Model: Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.2, fast models—Amp uses them all, for what each model is best at.
- Opinionated: You're always using the good parts of Amp. If we don't use and love a feature, we kill it.
- On the Frontier: Amp goes where the models take it. No backcompat, no legacy features.
- Threads: You can save and share your interactions with Amp. You wouldn't code without version control, would you?

Amp has 3 agent modes:

- smart: unconstrained state-of-the-art model use (Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.2, and more)
- rush: fast and efficient, for narrowly defined tasks (Claude Haiku 4.5)
- deep: deep reasoning with GPT-5.2 Codex for extended thinking on complex problems

New users receive a $10 daily grant for free usage across all modes.

Get Started

1. Sign into ampcode.com/install and follow the instructions to install the Amp CLI.
2. Run amp and ask Amp to do something in your codebase.

See the Amp Owner's Manual and Switch to Amp for more information, and see ampcode.com/news for what we've recently shipped.

Recommended Installation

We recommend using our install script for macOS, Linux and WSL. It supports auto-updating and fast launch via Bun:

``bash
curl -fsSL https://ampcode.com/install.sh | bash
`

Alternative Installation (npm)

If necessary, you can install via npm instead:

`bash
npm install -g @sourcegraph/amp@latest


or


yarn global add @sourcegraph/amp@latest
`

Or run without installing:

`bash
npx -y @sourcegraph/amp@latest
`

Usage

After installation, run amp.

For non-interactive environments (e.g. scripts, CI/CD pipelines), set your API key in the AMP_API_KEY environment variable.

See amp --help and the Amp CLI documentation for more information.

Support

For help and feedback: mention @AmpCode on X, or email amp-devs@ampcode.com. You can also join our Amp Insiders community.

For account and billing help, contact amp-devs@ampcode.com.

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Development

Binary Distribution (Experimental)

Pre-compiled binaries for platforms without Node.js/Bun. Version must match npm for update checks.

`bash


Build all platforms

LATEST_VERSION=$(npm view @sourcegraph/amp version)
AMP_BUILD_VERSION="$LATEST_VERSION" ./scripts/build-all-binaries.sh

Test

./scripts/test-binary-release.sh
`

See scripts: build-all-binaries.sh, upload-binaries.sh, test-binary-release.sh`