Use Amp CLI with any AI provider

Sourcegraph Amp coding assistant CLI. Pointing Amp CLI at kRouter gives it 100+ providers behind a single local endpoint — free tiers, subscriptions you already pay for, and paid APIs — with automatic failover when one runs out. Amp CLI is configured through its own settings UI.

Setup

1. 1

   Install Amp

   Install the Amp CLI using the package manager supported by your environment.

2. 2

   API Key

3. 3

   Base URL

   {{baseUrl}}
4. 4

   Select Model

5. 5

   Add Shorthands

   Map Amp shorthand names such as g25p or cs45 to kRouter aliases in your local config.

export OPENAI_API_KEY="{{apiKey}}"
export OPENAI_BASE_URL="{{baseUrl}}"
amp --model "{{model}}"
# Example shorthand aliases you can map locally:
# g25p -> gemini/gemini-2.5-pro
# cs45 -> cc/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

Amp CLI documentation

What changes for Amp CLI

Nothing about how you use Amp CLI changes — same interface, same workflow. What changes is where its requests land. Instead of being tied to one vendor and one bill, every request goes through your own machine first and out to whichever provider you mapped: a free tier for routine edits, a subscription you already pay for on the heavy turns, a paid API only when nothing else fits. When one account hits a limit, the next takes over mid-session rather than failing the task. And because the router runs locally, your prompts are not passing through a third-party service on the way.

Troubleshooting Amp CLI

Amp CLI + kRouter FAQ