Orbs
Remote machines where Amp coding agents work without using your computer: each thread gets a fresh, isolated environment with your repository cloned and tools installed, sized from tiny to xxlarge, that keeps working after the laptop closes and sleeps free when idle.
What it does
- Agentic coding
Sources
- Pricing
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"a1.tiny 1 2 GB $0.08/hour" up to "a1.3xlarge ... $2.13/hour"; "Orb usage is billed by the minute. A paused orb costs nothing." Paid tiers: "Paid tiers include agent usage, orb usage, and every Amp product feature."
- Description
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Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026
"Orbs are remote machines where Amp agents work without using your computer. Every orb thread gets a fresh, isolated environment with your code, plugins, development tools, and the context of the thread that created it."
- What it does
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Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026
"Every new thread spawns its own orb: a fresh machine with your repository cloned, tools installed, and the agent already inside."; "Agents spawn other agents in fresh orbs".
- Sold within
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"Paid tiers include agent usage, orb usage, and every Amp product feature."; Hobby is "Pay-as-you-go for orbs".
- Name
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Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026
"What Are Orbs?"; docs "Orbs: Orbs are remote machines where Amp agents work without using your computer."
- URL
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Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026
The product's own page, linked as "What Are Orbs?" in the site footer and from the docs.
- Deployment
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Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026
Vendor-hosted: "Orbs are remote machines where Amp agents work without using your computer."
- Interfaces
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Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026
"Orbs on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad."; the orbs page: "Start agents from Slack."; the Orbs docs list a CLI "Spawning Orbs" page.
- Intended for
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Individual tiers (Hobby, Megawatt, Gigawatt), Teams and Enterprise plans.
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