Amp launched remote 'orbs' that let AI agents run unsupervised on cloud machines with 32GB memory and 16 cores for $1.66/hour, enabling developers to spawn and manage multiple agents from the same int…
An open-source platform for multi-agent workflows has been launched, allowing each agent to run in its own isolated container on the user's cloud. The platform supports parallel execution of 5 to 500 …
Amp announced a new feature allowing users to create custom agents via plugins, which can serve as main agents, subagents, or worker agents with custom orb colors. The Plugin API provides primitives f…
Amp introduces a new diff review feature that allows users to review code changes from agent-generated threads on desktop or mobile, with duplicate block detection to reduce cognitive load. The featur…
Plannotator, an open-source tool for annotating agent plans, diffs, and HTML, now supports nine AI agent harnesses including Claude Code and Codex. The tool, which began as a way to review Claude Code…
Here.now launched a free, instant web hosting service for AI agents, allowing them to publish websites and store files at a unique URL without requiring an account. The platform works with any AI agen…
Amp announced that its 'deep' and 'rush' modes now deliver first tokens 87% faster and overall responses 32% faster, achieved primarily through websocket communication with OpenAI and a recent platfor…
Amp released a new UI and sidebar for monitoring and controlling multiple agents across web, mobile, and CLI, following a foundation rebuild for durable execution. The update enables remote control of…
Amp released Opus 4.8, a new AI coding agent that powers its 'smart' mode, replacing Opus 4.7. The model solves 62% of tasks in internal evaluations, up from 52% for its predecessor, by making more fo…
Taste-Skill, an "Anti-Slop Frontend Framework" for AI coding agents, has reached 28.5K stars on GitHub, gaining over 2,000 stars in a single day. The open-source project provides adjustable parameters…
A developer created the open-source tool `@mongez/agent-kit` to solve the fragmentation of AI coding agent instructions across different tools. The CLI and TypeScript library derives per-agent files—i…
A developer has released an experimental plugin integrating DeepSeek V4 Pro into the Amp code editor, running on Baseten's USA-based servers. The plugin creates a coding agent with high reasoning effo…
A developer has published a plugin configuration that enables Claude Opus 4.8 in the Amp coding agent before it is officially added to the tool's `smart` mode. The configuration, placed in `.amp/plugi…
A Hacker News user posed a comparative question about the pricing and quality of Amp versus Claude Code. The post asks whether Amp is more or less expensive than Claude Code and which tool is superior…
Claude Code reads CLAUDE.md, not AGENTS.md, contrary to claims in third-party guides. Anthropic documents two methods to make Claude Code use AGENTS.md: importing it via @AGENTS.md in CLAUDE.md, or sy…
Due to rising aluminum prices, which have increased 20% partly due to conflict in the Gulf region, recycling startups are using AI-powered sorting systems to profit from recovering more of the metal. …
A coding agent harness comparison published in May 2026 analyzed nine terminal coding tools — Claude Code, Codex, Amp, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Pi, Command Code, Factory, and Aider — across open source s…
A speaker series hosted by the author, featuring teams from leading coding agent companies like Cognition, Sourcegraph, Cline, and Augment. A key finding across all discussions is that simpler approac…