“The terminal still matters”: Amp rebuilds its CLI for an agentic future beyond the command line

AI coding companies clearly agree that autonomous agents are becoming central to software development, but how those systems should operate — and where developers fit into the loop — is still up for debate. Amp, the AI coding startup that spun out of Sourcegraph in late 2025, revealed this week a rebuilt version of its CLI, dubbed Neo, redesigned to be remote-controllable, plugin-powered, and better suited to longer-running agent workflows. At the same time, the company has also been arguing that “the coding agent is dead.