# Amp — Through the Agent, Into the Shell

- Company: Amp (ampcode.com)
- Announced: 2025-08-21
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://ampcode.com/news/through-the-agent-into-the-shell
- Record: https://forck.live/items/7813-through-the-agent-into-the-shell
- Subject: Amp

Amp CLI introduced shell mode, allowing users to execute shell commands directly in the prompt input by starting a message with $. Commands and their output are included in the context window for the agent. An incognito mode ($$) executes commands without including them in the context.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://ampcode.com/news/through-the-agent-into-the-shell:

> Finally: the Amp CLI now also lets you execute shell commands, right there in the prompt input.

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