{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@id": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/ampcode-com/2025-04-22-manual/#webpage", "@type": [ "WebPage", "ArchiveComponent" ], "articleBody": "Amp is a coding agent and development environment built for the frontier.\n\n- **Multi-Model:** GPT-5.6, Claude Fable 5.1, fast models. Amp uses them all, for what each model is best at.\n- **Orbs:** Machines that Amp creates per thread, with your code, tools, and plugins already set up. Send a prompt, close your laptop, and the agent keeps working.\n- **Everywhere:** Start an orb from your iPhone, check on it from your Mac, and follow up in the TUI. The apps notify you when a thread is ready for your next message.\n- **Opinionated:** You’re always using the good parts of Amp. If we don’t use and love a feature, we kill it.\n- **On the Frontier:** Amp goes where the models take it. No backward compatibility, no legacy features.\n- **Threads:** You can save and share your interactions with Amp.\n\n*Want to go much deeper? Follow along on our [Raising an Agent podcast](https://ampcode.com/podcast) and the [Chronicle](https://ampcode.com/chronicle) time capsules where we share what we’re learning as we build Amp.*\n\n## Quickstart\n\n1. [1 Sign Up Create your account and sign in to Amp.](https://ampcode.com/auth/sign-up)\n2. [2 Sign in with ChatGPT Optional Use your ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription for OpenAI models in Amp.](https://ampcode.com/settings/model-routing?add=chatgpt)\n3. [3 Add Your Code Create a project from a Git repository, or start without one.](https://ampcode.com/projects?newProject=1)\n4. [4 Run an Agent in an Orb Give Amp a task in a fresh cloud environment with your project ready.](https://ampcode.com/docs/orbs/getting-started)\n5. [5 Get the macOS & iOS Apps Install Amp on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad to follow your agents anywhere.](https://ampcode.com/docs/macos-and-ios)\n6. [6 Use Amp on the CLI Install Amp and work with it from your terminal.](https://ampcode.com/docs/cli)\n\nPrefer to watch first? The first episode of *Orbs from Zero* goes from a GitHub repository to an agent working in an orb:\n\n[![](https://static.ampcode.com/docs/orbs-get-started-in-orbs-thumbnail-v2.jpg)](https://ampcode.com/docs/using-amp/screencasts/orbs/get-started-in-orbs)\n\nScreencast · Orbs from Zero · Episode 1 · 14:38 Get Started in Orbs Create a project from a GitHub repository, let Amp prepare it for orbs, and watch the first orb set up, run and snapshot the app.\n\n## Explore\n\nAmp is the same agent and the same threads everywhere. Pick where you want to work:\n\n- **Web.** [ampcode.com](https://ampcode.com/) needs no install. Start a thread, and Amp works in an [orb](https://ampcode.com/docs/orbs), a machine it creates for that thread.\n- **Mac, iPhone, and iPad.** The [macOS & iOS apps](https://ampcode.com/docs/macos-and-ios) add notifications, dictation, and sharing from other apps.\n- **Terminal.** The [CLI](https://ampcode.com/docs/cli) runs Amp on your own machine, in your editor’s terminal, or from scripts.\n\nThen meet [Puck](https://ampcode.com/docs/puck), who launches and coordinates agents for you.\n", "authors": [], "captured_at": "2026-10-04T12:50:30.804479567+00:00", "category": "programming", "content_html": "

Amp is a coding agent and development environment built for the frontier.

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Want to go much deeper? Follow along on our Raising an Agent podcast and the Chronicle time capsules where we share what we’re learning as we build Amp.

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Quickstart

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  1. 1 Sign Up Create your account and sign in to Amp.
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  2. 2 Sign in with ChatGPT Optional Use your ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription for OpenAI models in Amp.
    3. \n
  3. 3 Add Your Code Create a project from a Git repository, or start without one.
    4. \n
  4. 4 Run an Agent in an Orb Give Amp a task in a fresh cloud environment with your project ready.
    5. \n
  5. 5 Get the macOS & iOS Apps Install Amp on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad to follow your agents anywhere.
    6. \n
  6. 6 Use Amp on the CLI Install Amp and work with it from your terminal.
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Prefer to watch first? The first episode of Orbs from Zero goes from a GitHub repository to an agent working in an orb:

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Screencast · Orbs from Zero · Episode 1 · 14:38 Get Started in Orbs Create a project from a GitHub repository, let Amp prepare it for orbs, and watch the first orb set up, run and snapshot the app.

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Explore

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Amp is the same agent and the same threads everywhere. Pick where you want to work:

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Then meet Puck, who launches and coordinates agents for you.

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