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  "articleBody": "![TODOs are done](https://static.ampcode.com/news/todos-are-done.png)\n\nWe removed the TODOs feature from Amp.\n\nIt was very useful [when we added it in the middle of last year](https://ampcode.com/news/todos). It kept the agent on track and gave visual indication of how the work is progressing.\n\nNow, with Opus 4.5, we found it's no longer needed. The agent tracks its own work in a single thread just fine without TODOs. It's faster too, because writing down a list of what it was going to do cost time *and* tokens. Took up space in the UI, too.\n\nSo we removed TODOs - they're done. There's something better coming up.\n",
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