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February 19, 2026
GPT‐5.3‐Codex
The model that killed the agent — now in Deep mode.
February 10, 2026
Amp Free Is Full (For Now)
We need to grow more slowly so we can sprint on the frontier.
February 4, 2026
Liberating Code Review
Amp's code review agent is now composable and extensible.
January 29, 2026
Slashing Custom Commands
Custom commands are gone. Use skills instead.
January 29, 2026
Shareable Walkthroughs
Generate interactive shareable annotated diagrams
January 28, 2026
Go Deep
A new agent mode in Amp: deep. It thinks for longer, plans more, and needs you less.
January 15, 2026
Tab, Tab, Dead
We're removing Amp Tab. It is not part of the future we see.
January 14, 2026
Painter
Generate and edit images with the painter tool
January 13, 2026
Handoff, Please
Move to a new thread without commands or buttons
January 13, 2026
Stick a Fork in It, It's Done
We're ripping out the Fork command
January 12, 2026
TODOs Are Done
The TODO list feature is now gone from Amp
January 9, 2026
Agents Panel
A new panel for viewing and managing multiple agent threads
January 8, 2026
The Frontier Is Now Free
$10/day for any mode, including smart with Opus 4.5
January 8, 2026
Efficient MCP Tool Loading
Load MCP tools into your context window only when you use them
January 7, 2026
User Invokable Skills
Load Agent Skills when you decide, not the agent
December 18, 2025
Agentic Review
A new agent for reviewing agent-generated code in your editor
December 17, 2025
Gemini 3 Flash in the Search Subagent
The search subagent is now 3x faster with Gemini 3 Flash
December 16, 2025
Clickable Diagrams
Mermaid diagrams now link directly to your code
December 11, 2025
Look At This
Analyze PDFs and images without bloating your context window
December 11, 2025
Thread Labels
Organize and find your threads with custom labels
December 11, 2025
Thread Map
A birdseye view of the threads you forked, handed off, and referenced
December 10, 2025
Agent Skills
Reuse your existing agent skills in Amp
December 10, 2025
Amp Python SDK
Amp Python SDK is now available
December 8, 2025
Find Threads
Find Amp threads by keyword or by which files they touched
December 2, 2025
Amp, Inc.
Amp is becoming its own company
November 27, 2025
Opus 4.5: Better, Faster, Often Cheaper
Claude Opus 4.5 is the new main agent model in Amp
November 24, 2025
Try Claude Opus 4.5 With Us
Test Claude Opus 4.5 in Amp while we evaluate its agentic capabilities
November 18, 2025
Gemini 3 Pro
Google's Gemini 3 is now the main agent model in Amp
November 7, 2025
Rush Mode
A faster, cheaper way to use Amp for small, well-defined coding tasks.
November 4, 2025
Workspace Settings
Configure the Amp CLI per workspace
November 4, 2025
Social Coding
See how other people are actually using coding agents to do real stuff, with public profiles and threads.
October 30, 2025
Workspace Entitlements
Per-user usage quotas for Amp Enterprise Premium workspaces
October 29, 2025
Amp Now Reads Threads
Reference and let Amp read other Amp threads
October 28, 2025
Command Palette, Not Slash Commands
Amp now has a command palette that replaces slash commands
October 25, 2025
Review
A new panel for reading agent-generated code
October 24, 2025
Use Amp Free at Work
The Internet’s best business model (advertising) delivers once again: a $0 coding agent that meets the same stringent infosec standards of Amp’s paid smart mode.
October 23, 2025
Handoff (No More Compaction)
Move work into new threads without losing your built-up context
October 22, 2025
More Tools for the Agent
Create new tools for Amp using the CLI instead of writing MCP servers.
October 21, 2025
Edit, Restore and Fork in the CLI
Edit, restore and fork previous messages in the CLI with Tab
October 21, 2025
50% Faster Search Agent
Search agent is now 50% faster with optimized parallel execution
October 20, 2025
The Librarian
A new subagent for searching code on GitHub
October 15, 2025
Amp Free
Agentic coding is now free for everyone.
October 14, 2025
Monthly Automatic Top Ups
A new mode for a more predictable Amp budget
October 3, 2025
Amp TypeScript SDK
October 1, 2025
GPT-5 Oracle
When Sonnet falls short, GPT-5 can now help as the oracle
September 30, 2025
Amp CLI connects to VS Code and Neovim
Amp CLI connects to VS Code and Neovim
September 29, 2025
Now Using Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic released an updated Sonnet 4.5, and Amp now uses it by default
September 23, 2025
Amp Tab for All
Our free in-editor completion engine for VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf is now on by default for new installs
September 23, 2025
Globs in AGENTS.md
September 9, 2025
Streaming JSON
The Amp CLI has two new flags: `--stream-json` and `--stream-json-input` and stuff
September 2, 2025
Look Ma, No Flicker
Today the Amp CLI reached the next stage in its evolution. It’s no longer just a command-line tool, but a proper terminal user interface.
August 29, 2025
Bring Your Own Tools
Provide tools to Amp in the form of executable files
August 27, 2025
1,000,000 Tokens
Amp can now use 1 million tokens of context with Claude Sonnet 4
August 25, 2025
Enterprise Managed Settings
Configure organization-wide settings that override individual settings
August 25, 2025
MCP Permissions
You can now set `amp.mcpPermissions` to define rules that block or allow MCP servers
August 21, 2025
JetBrains Diagnostics for Java, Kotlin, and Scala
Read JVM diagnostics from JetBrains IDEs
August 21, 2025
Multi-File Tab
Amp Tab will now suggest edits across multiple recently-viewed files
August 21, 2025
Through the Agent, Into the Shell
Execute shell commands, right there in the prompt input
August 20, 2025
From AGENT.md to AGENTS.md
Amp now uses `AGENTS.md` as the standard filename
August 20, 2025
A New Model for Amp Tab
Amp Tab uses an updated model with better completion accuracy
August 19, 2025
New Threads without Leaving the CLI
Start new threads or continue old ones with `/new` and `/continue`
August 18, 2025
Queue Messages in the CLI
Queue messages with `/queue`
August 13, 2025
432,000 Tokens
Amp supports 432k-token context with Claude Sonnet 4
August 13, 2025
Diagnostic-Driven Completions
Amp Tab now uses diagnostics to suggest file-wide fixes
August 12, 2025
Model Evaluation
Follow our team's real-time evaluation of new frontier models
August 7, 2025
Try GPT-5 With Us
Test GPT-5 in Amp while we evaluate its agentic capabilities
August 7, 2025
JetBrains in the CLI
Connect Amp CLI to JetBrains IDEs for context and editing
August 7, 2025
Tool-Level Permissions
Configure granular permissions for individual tools and arguments
July 30, 2025
Amp Tab 30% Faster
Amp Tab response times are now 30% faster with optimized infrastructure
July 29, 2025
Thread Forking in VS Code
We added fork threads to help you explore different directions mid-thread
July 24, 2025
amp dash x
The Amp CLI has a new flag: `--execute`
July 23, 2025
Towards a New CLI
Today we released a new version of our Amp CLI
July 8, 2025
Streamable Transport for MCP
Connect to remote MCP servers with streamable HTTP transport
July 7, 2025
Multiple AGENT.md Files
Use multiple `AGENT.md` files across directory trees
July 4, 2025
Oracle
Meet Oracle, Amp's new o3-powered tool for code review and analysis
June 27, 2025
Better, Faster, Cheaper Summaries
Amp now uses a different model when compacting or summarizing threads that is 6x faster and 30x cheaper
June 26, 2025
Queued Messages
Queue messages with `Shift+Enter` to send when the agent is idle
June 10, 2025
Agents for the Agent
Amp now has subagents to handle specialized tasks within threads
June 6, 2025
Amp Tab
Introducing our new in-editor completion engine that anticipates your next actions
June 2, 2025
Multi-Root Workspaces
May 30, 2025
Secret Redaction
Amp now identifies secrets and redacts them so they are not exposed to the LLM, other tools, or ampcode.com
May 29, 2025
Raising an Agent, Episode 6
Claude 4, sub-agents, and "hot tips" for agentic coding
May 28, 2025
Terminal Improvements
Commands now inherit shell environments and support interactive mode
May 28, 2025
TODOs for the Agent
The TODO feature that lets the agent manage its own list of tasks is now enabled by default
May 22, 2025
Image Support in CLI
Reference images by pasting paths or dragging files into the terminal
May 22, 2025
Amp Now Uses Claude Sonnet 4
Now that Anthropic has released it, we've switched Amp's primary model to be Claude Sonnet 4
May 20, 2025
The First 500,000 Messages
May 15, 2025
Amp Is Now Available To Everyone — Here's How I Use It
As of today, Amp is available to everyone. No more waitlist.
May 14, 2025
Raising an Agent, Episode 5
Five weeks of Amp evolution and AI coding predictions
May 9, 2025
History in CLI
Navigate message history with arrow keys and keyboard shortcuts
May 8, 2025
No More BYOK
The best product is built by iterating fast at the model↔product frontier, so we removed Isolated Mode
May 7, 2025
AGENT.md
Configure Amp with project guidance in `AGENTS.md` files
May 7, 2025
File Mentions in CLI
Fuzzy-search files with `@` mentions in interactive mode
April 22, 2025
Manual
Read the comprehensive operator's guide to using Amp effectively
April 15, 2025
How to Build an Agent
Learn how to build a fully functioning code-editing agent
April 9, 2025
Frequently Ignored Feedback
Our responses to common feedback we are intentionally not acting on
April 4, 2025
Raising an Agent, Episode 4
What will AI do to open-source? What does it mean for GitHub? What does it mean for interviewing engineers?
March 28, 2025
Raising an Agent, Episode 3
What does this all mean for code search? How do you balance coding knowledge vs. letting the AI do it?
March 13, 2025
Raising an Agent, Episode 2
Is the magic with these agents that there are no token limits? Where do the agents fail? Do they need guidance?
March 6, 2025
Raising an Agent, Episode 1
Build your Amp agent from the ground up