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title: TODOs Are Done
link: https://ampcode.com/news/todos-are-done
source: ampcode-com
published: 2026-01-12T00:00:00Z
updated: 2026-01-12T00:00:00Z
first_seen: 2026-10-03T23:09:50.514863041Z
summary: We removed the TODOs feature from Amp. It was very useful when we added it in the middle of last year. It kept the agent on track and gave visual indication of how the work is progressing. Now, 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. So we removed TODOs - they're done. There's something better coming up.
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![TODOs are done](https://static.ampcode.com/news/todos-are-done.png)

We removed the TODOs feature from Amp.

It 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.

Now, 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.

So we removed TODOs - they're done. There's something better coming up.