Amp Examples and Guides

How to use this resource library

This repository is intended to be supplemental to the Amp Manual.

Guides

Guides are intended to provide high-level guidance on using Amp with various development workflows and patterns. They shouldn't focus specifically on any given language or framework and should apply to workflows regardless of tools, languages, or frameworks in use.

Development Workflow Guides

Guide	Description
Agent File	Using AGENT.md files to provide Amp with codebase structure, build/test commands, and conventions
Command Piping	Using the output of other commands to provide input to an Amp prompt
Context Management	High-level guidance on context engineering for agentic AI workflows
Code Migrations	Methodologies for migrations and upgrades using AI-guided planning
Documentation Workflows	Strategic approaches to documentation generation and maintenance
MCP Setup	General workflow guidance for Model Context Protocol integration
Day 0 Operations	Initial project setup and onboarding workflows
CLI Guide	Complete guide to using Amp from the command line
Tips & Tricks	Community-contributed tips and power-user insights

SDLC Phase-Specific Guides

The following guides are organized by software development lifecycle phases to help you leverage Amp effectively throughout your development process:

PLAN Phase

Planning Guide - Analyse, explore, and strategize your development approach with intelligent codebase understanding

• Codebase Exploration & Understanding
• Search & Contextual Analysis Across Codebase
• Git History Exploration & Feature Evolution
• Learning and Discovery
• Feature Implementation Planning

BUILD Phase

Building Guide - Implement, refactor, and enhance your code with AI-assisted development and testing

• Code Analysis and Refactoring
• UI Iteration with Visual Feedback
• MCP Integration
• IDE Completions and Context-Aware Development
• Automated Refactoring & Standards Enforcement
• End-to-End Test Generation
• Automate Debugging Loops
• From Bug Report to Draft PR

DEPLOY Phase

Deployment Guide - Streamline your deployment pipeline with automated workflows and quality gates

• Git Workflow Enhancement
• Build and Test Automation
• Automated Pull Request Generation
• End-to-End Development Workflows
• Database Operations

SUPPORT Phase

Support Guide - Maintain, secure, and collaborate on your deployed applications with ongoing optimisation

• Documentation Generation
• Security and Code Quality
• Batch File Operations
• Development Environment Debugging
• Review & Cleanup Changes
• Thread History & Contextual Documentation
• Team Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration
• Cross-Platform Thread Sharing

Examples

Examples are intended to address specific use-cases with languages, frameworks, or tools. Examples should be concise, focused, and should always contain a Thread link to provide additional context on how Amp solved an example use-case.

Example	Description
Amp + Code Search	Utilizing Sourcegraph code search to make targeted changes across multiple repositories
Multi-root Workspaces	Working with multiple projects in a single workspace
OpenAPI Spec Generation	Generating and maintaining OpenAPI specifications
GitHub Review Bot	Automated code review bot using GitHub Actions and Amp CLI
GitLab Review Bot	Automated merge request reviews with GitLab CI and Amp
JetBrains IDE Setup	Setting up Amp with JetBrains IDEs for enhanced context
SonarQube Automation	Automated SonarQube issue processing and PR creation

Repository Layout

Below is a general example of how content should be organized within the repository.

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├── examples
│   └── amp+codesearch
│       └── README.md
├── guides
│   └── command-piping
│       └── README.md
└── README.md