amp

officiallocal-onlycautionainpm

Sourcegraph · Coding agent, codebase edits, and agentic development from the terminal.

$ npm install -g @sourcegraph/amp

One-liner to try

$ amp

Agent pack

Copy into an agent

A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .md JSON

Readiness

Human-first CLI · 20/100

Verify

amp --help

Agent URL

/cli/amp/agent.md

Quick reference

Install

npm install -g @sourcegraph/amp

Verify

amp --help

First command

amp

Machine JSON

/cli/amp.json

About

The official CLI from Sourcegraph. Coding agent, codebase edits, and agentic development from the terminal. Start with `amp` and go from there. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. amp

2. amp --help

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