Amp
Overview
Agentic coding tool for terminal and editors that uses multiple frontier models, with a free $10/day grant and pay-as-you-go pricing.
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Amp is an agentic coding tool by Sourcegraph that runs in the terminal and editor extensions (including VS Code and compatible forks). It is designed for complex coding tasks such as multi-file edits, planning, and execution using multiple frontier model options. Amp includes a threads feature to save and share interactions, and offers “Amp Free” with a daily credit grant supported by sponsor ads, plus pay-as-you-go usage with no markup for individuals after the free allowance.
Autonomy level
82%
Reasoning: Amp demonstrates high autonomy through multiple mechanisms: it can spawn independent subagents with their own context windows for parallel task execution, autonomously decide when to invoke the oracle (GPT-5 reasoning model) for complex debugging and analysis tasks, and make model selection decisions automatically based on task suitability. The age...
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Some of the use cases of Amp:
- Implementing features and refactors with multi-file edits from a terminal or editor workflow.
- Running agentic coding tasks using different models depending on speed vs quality needs.
- Saving and sharing work sessions via threads for collaboration and review.
- Using a daily free credit grant, then scaling usage with pay-as-you-go pricing.
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