Amp is Sourcegraph's agentic coding tool, positioned as an unrestricted alternative to Cursor and Claude Code for developers who want maximum capability without per-message limits or model gating. It runs as a terminal CLI for headless and SSH workflows, and as IDE extensions for VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and JetBrains products — sharing a single thread history across every surface so a session started in the terminal can be resumed in the editor. Amp is built on top of Sourcegraph's deep code-search infrastructure, giving it strong context retrieval across large monorepos.
The product philosophy is unusually direct: pick the strongest model available, give it real tools, and let it work. Amp ships with Claude Opus, GPT, and Gemini frontier tiers wired in by default, no token caps imposed, and full context windows. Tool use covers shell execution, multi-file edits, web search, MCP servers, and an Oracle subagent that runs in parallel for high-quality planning and code review. Threads can be shared inside a workspace so a teammate can take over an in-progress agent run, and Amp tracks token usage and cost per thread for transparent billing.
Amp uses a token-based pricing model — no monthly subscription, no per-seat caps; you pay only for the model tokens consumed plus a small Sourcegraph margin. Free credits are granted to new accounts; teams can prepay and centrally manage budgets. For developers and engineering teams that find Cursor's request limits or Claude Code's surface restrictions limiting, Amp is the clearest example of the 'unleashed agent' design pattern: best models, full context, transparent metering, no artificial throttle.
