AI coding agents / entity
Amp
Frontier coding agent and remote orb environment, spun out of Sourcegraph.
Proven Execution
0.295
Validated Direction
0.457
Uncertainty X
0.300
Uncertainty Y
0.270
Evidence mass
2.571
Region
DIRECTED
Quadrant distribution
Jev `choice` — not a hard 0.5 cut. Confidence 0.13.
- Operational30.0%
- Directed35.0%
- Forming33.0%
- Anchored2.0%
Evidence ledger
Recency half-life 180 days. Weight = 2^(-age/180).
announcement · published 2026-05-06 · w=0.579
Amp, Rebuilt (Neo CLI)Amp announced a rebuilt CLI (codename Neo) that is remote-controllable from ampcode.com, compaction-first, plugin-powered, and ships an official Plugin API for tools, commands, and UI.
announcement · accessed 2026-09-24 · w=0.996
Sourcegraph and Amp become independent companiesSourcegraph announced Amp Inc. as a separate company founded by Quinn Slack and Beyang Liu to focus on frontier coding agents, with shared board investors, while Sourcegraph focuses on code intelligence.
product · accessed 2026-09-24 · w=0.996
Amp product siteAmp’s site describes remote ‘orbs’ where agents run unsupervised with the user’s code, plugins, and tools, wake on Linear/CI/schedule events, and can be picked up from web, terminal, or phone.
Reproducibility
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"goal": "Score this entity on the Jev Quadrant rubric using only the supplied evidence.",
"framework": "jev-quadrant-v1",
"topic": {
"id": "ai-coding-agents",
"title": "AI coding agents",
"x_axis": "Proven Execution",
"y_axis": "Validated Direction"
},
"entity": {
"id": "amp",
"name": "Amp",
"website": "https://ampcode.com/",
"description": "Frontier coding agent and remote orb environment, spun out of Sourcegraph."
},
"evidence": [
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"id": "amp-rebuilt",
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"url": "https://sourcegraph.com/blog/why-sourcegraph-and-amp-are-becoming-independent-companies",
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"recency_weight": 0.9962,
"summary": "Sourcegraph announced Amp Inc. as a separate company founded by Quinn Slack and Beyang Liu to focus on frontier coding agents, with shared board investors, while Sourcegraph focuses on code intelligence.",
"title": "Sourcegraph and Amp become independent companies"
},
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"id": "amp-site",
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"url": "https://ampcode.com/",
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"exec_shipped": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Has this entity shipped a generally available product used by third parties?",
"criteria": {
"true": "Independent public evidence shows a generally available product used by third parties.",
"false": "The product is announced, preview-only, or evidenced only by unsourced vendor marketing with no third-party use."
}
},
"exec_adoption": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there credible adoption evidence?",
"criteria": {
"true": "Credible adoption evidence exists: named customers, published user or download counts, case studies, or equivalent.",
"false": "Adoption claims are absent, purely anecdotal, or unsourced."
}
},
"exec_reliability": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there evidence of reliability, quality, security/compliance, or operational maturity?",
"criteria": {
"true": "Evidence of reliability, quality, security/compliance, or operational maturity (uptime, incidents handled, certifications, long-running open-source project).",
"false": "No reliability or quality evidence is present."
}
},
"exec_cadence": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there evidence of continued delivery after launch?",
"criteria": {
"true": "Evidence of continued delivery after launch (dated releases, changelog, subsequent features).",
"false": "Delivery appears one-shot or stalled."
}
},
"dir_strategy": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there a specific, consistent, dated public strategy or roadmap?",
"criteria": {
"true": "A public strategy or roadmap is specific, consistent, and dated.",
"false": "Direction is vague, contradictory, or only implied."
}
},
"dir_backed": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Are strategy or roadmap claims backed by shipped artifacts in the evidence pack?",
"criteria": {
"true": "Roadmap or strategy claims are backed by shipped artifacts in the evidence pack.",
"false": "Direction is promised without corresponding delivery evidence."
}
},
"dir_distinct": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is the evidenced direction distinct from generic category copy?",
"criteria": {
"true": "The evidenced direction is distinct from generic category copy.",
"false": "Positioning is interchangeable with peers."
}
},
"dir_invested": {
"type": "noul",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there evidence of sustained investment in this product?",
"criteria": {
"true": "Evidence of sustained investment (funding used for the product, research, open-source velocity, or platform expansion).",
"false": "No evidence of continued investment."
}
},
"quadrant": {
"type": "choice",
"instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Assign the entity to one Jev Quadrant cell. Do not use a hard 0.5 cut. Weigh the full evidence pack.",
"criteria": {
"ANCHORED": "Both delivery (proven execution) and evidenced direction (validated direction) are strong.",
"DIRECTED": "Validated direction is better evidenced than proven execution.",
"OPERATIONAL": "Proven execution is better evidenced than validated direction.",
"FORMING": "Both axes are thin, early, or contradicted."
}
}
}
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