Amp for macOS

Amp for macOS
Requires Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later.
Download for macOS
Open the disk image and drag Amp into Applications.
The app checks for updates on its own. To check right away, choose Check for Updates… from the Amp menu.
The Amp app on a MacBook Pro, with the thread sidebar beside an open thread and suggested replies above the composerThe Amp app on a MacBook Pro, with the thread sidebar beside an open thread and suggested replies above the composer

Notifications

The app notifies you when a thread is ready for your next message. Click the notification to open the thread.

Choose which notifications you get in App Settings: choose App Settings… from the Amp menu. You can turn notifications off or suppress them while Amp is in the foreground. The thread you are viewing never sends a notification.

Puck

Press Ctrl+/ from any page. Puck opens in a window of its own, which you can put beside your work or on another display, and the same shortcut puts it away again. It reads the page your main window is showing, so you can still say “this thread” or “this project”. A thread or any other page you open from Puck gets its own window, leaving the chat where it is.

See Meet Puck for what to ask.

The app adds a Dictate to Puck shortcut to the Shortcuts app. It opens Puck and starts dictation. Add it to a keyboard shortcut, or run it through Siri. The app also adds a Call Puck shortcut that opens Puck and starts a call. The call runs in the Amp window like it does on ampcode.com.

Share to Puck

Share an image to Amp from any app’s share sheet. Add a message if you want, then send. The image goes to Puck, which can start an agent, open a thread, or answer a question about it.

Open a thread on ampcode.com in your browser and click Open in Mac App in the thread header.

Windows and Menus

  • File > New Amp Window (Shift+Cmd+N) opens another window.
  • Cmd+, opens your personal settings and Option+Cmd+, opens workspace settings.
  • Cmd+[ and Cmd+] go back and forward. Cmd+R reloads.
  • Cmd++, Cmd+-, and Cmd+0 change the zoom level.
  • Help > Keyboard Shortcuts opens the keyboard shortcuts list.