An independent argument for fewer agent tricks

Just fucking
use Amp.

Other harnesses keep adding skill packs, orchestrators, and “must-have” stacks. Amp got three primitives right and let the models use them.

Start with Amp Make the 10-second case

T-01 thread intent · history · proof

orb Amp’s machine

runner your machine

local this checkout

“Get some simple primitives right (like threads and orbs and runners), and let the models use them.”

Quinn Slack, @sqs

The ten-second comparison

The others sell you a workbench.
Amp gives the agent a computer.

You want The usual answer Amp just does

Tab completion An editor-shaped universe Use the best tab tool. Give Amp the actual job.

A remote agent Another cloud worker queue A fresh orb per thread that sleeps free and wakes intact.

Your machine tmux, SSH, glue scripts One runner. Every repo. Start it from web or phone.

The right model Pick a lab and stay loyal Dial the difficulty. Route your subs and keys.

Team context Seven tools and chat archaeology Threads preserve intent, work, decisions, and proof.

The actual technical argument

Where the agent lives.
What survives when you close the lid.

Most tools optimize the chat box. Amp optimizes the unit of work and the machine doing it.

01 Threads

Context is an object,
not a vibe.

A thread is the work: every prompt, tool call, file, decision, and proof. It moves between the CLI, web, iOS, macOS, and Slack without becoming a screenshot graveyard.

Stable history another agent can read
Focused handoffs instead of infinite compaction
Multiplayer control and team-visible intent
Agent-to-agent messages and file transfer

Read about threads

Thread · Ship the landing pagehigh

YOU · 09:41

Build it. Then prove the mobile layout works.

AGENT · BROWSER

✓ desktop 1440 × 1000
✓ mobile 390 × 844

Implemented and visually verified. Two captures attached.

handoff → focused review

02 Orbs

Stop multiplexing
your laptop.

Amp creates an isolated machine for the thread. It can run browsers, servers, test matrices, and long proof loops without cooking your fans or colliding with yesterday’s dev server.

Fresh clone, tools, secrets, and configurable compute
Sleep when idle; wake with files and services intact
Live portals, terminal access, and desktop control
Wake on issues, CI failures, and schedules

What are orbs?

03 Runners

When the machine
has to be yours.

GPU, VPN, signing key, home lab, production bastion: run one small process on your hardware and start threads there from anywhere. One runner can now serve many directories.

$amp --no-tui

Set up a runner

mac-mini connected

~/code/productagent running

~/code/ios-appready

~/work/infrastructureready

discovered 12 repositories · auto-update on

The loop is built different

Less agent theater.
More leverage.

The Dial

Choose how hard the job is—low, medium, high, ultra—not which model vendor gets your allegiance.

Oracle

A real second brain for plans, reviews, hard bugs, and the judgment calls that change the solution.

Librarian

Reads the source—in public GitHub and private repos—instead of pretending the model remembers it.

Steer, don’t nuke

New direction joins the running turn at a sane seam. Continuity wins over cancel-and-respawn theater.

Independent observations

Not a trick.
A completely better experience.

Adam Wathan@adamwathan · Tailwind CSS

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“@AmpCode is consistently 3-4 months ahead of every other harness… feels like their only disadvantage is not being a model company and not being able to subsidize tokens.”

Dillon Mulroy@dillon_mulroy · Cloudflare

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“amp is the highest quality harness available rn with the best and most cohesive feature set”

Brian Casel@CasJam

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“All my work is happening on orbs (cloud agents) now. Most of the time I'm working through one "orchestrator" who spawns a few team members (code implementer, copywriter, designer, etc.). Each on their own orb. Sometimes in different repos. Often using different models. All talking and coordinating with each other.”

Shreyas Mididoddi@Shreyassanthu77

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“If you don't have a super convoluted custom setup like I do amp is by far the best harness out right now. They intentionally have focused set of features and really really well implemented.”

Mitchell Hashimoto@mitchellh · Ghostty / HashiCorp

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“Writing high quality initial code and prompting an agent to metaphorically "complete the owl" is some of the highest value you can get out of an agent. For example, the given thread took the agent less than 10 seconds. It would've taken me minutes.”

Ian Nuttall@iannuttall

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“"just use Amp" is becoming pretty much a foregone conclusion. Not an ad.”

Jordan@SkeletorJS

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“@AmpCode is hands down the best harness around and it's not even close.”

shaman@stableshaman

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“just use amp”

zxcodes@zxcodes

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“Amp is the finest coding agent in the CLI space. Nothing comes close to it. Performance, tool calls, you name it. It just works beautifully. I haven’t seen anything perform so reliably in such a rapidly changing landscape. Definitely S-tier stuff right there. @AmpCode”

zxcodes@zxcodes

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“Everyone else built harnesses while Amp built the right primitives that work together.”

The honest bit

A tool with taste
also knows what it isn’t.

Amp does not win

Inline tab completion.Use the best editor completion tool.
Single-lab purity.If you only want one model in a tty, use that.
Your 47-plugin shrine.Amp’s small surface area is the point.
Instant cancellation.Steering favors continuity; huge threads can lag.
Perfect uptime.Quality means the primitives are right—not that bugs never happen.

“opinionated and generally with great taste. you can feel it in every decision and interaction, there is intent and thought behind everything.”

Dillon Mulroy, @dillon_mulroy

Amp right now · September 2026

The primitive set
keeps compounding.

17 SEP 2026

One Runner Is Now Enough

Serve many directories from one process, or let it discover your repositories.

↗ 13 SEP

Free Agent

Bring your compute and model subscriptions or keys.

↗ 11 SEP

Restack Your Changes

Turn a working diff into a cleaner set of commits.

↗ 10 SEP

Customize Your Dial

Choose the models behind modes, or put your own agents on it.

↗ 08 SEP

Steer, Don’t Queue

Send new direction into the work sooner.

↗ MORE

Portals, schedules, desktop, iOS, multiplayer, agent-to-agent…

The release stream is the argument.

↗

Enough comparison shopping

Give the agent
a computer.

Run it here. Start an orb. Leave one runner on the Mac mini. Open the thread on your phone and go outside.

$curl -fsSL https://ampcode.com/install.sh | bash

Just use Amp

Just fuckinguse Amp.

Context is an object,not a vibe.

Stop multiplexingyour laptop.

When the machinehas to be yours.