Summary
Amp has announced the discontinuation of their VS Code and Cursor editor extensions. The extensions self-destructed on March 5, 2025. Amp is pivoting to a CLI-only model, explicitly abandoning the sidebar-assistant/extension approach.
This means the following ToolHive clients are now dead code targeting non-existent software:
amp-vscodeamp-vscode-insideramp-cursoramp-windsurf
What needs to change
Remove the four Amp editor extension clients from ToolHive's client support. The primary touch points are:
pkg/client/config.go — client detection logic (looks for amp.mcpServers in settings.json)- Any client registry/list where these clients are enumerated
- Documentation that references these clients
The amp-cli client should be kept since Amp continues to support and develop their CLI tool.
Why now
Keeping these clients in ToolHive creates confusion — as reported in #2174, ToolHive incorrectly detects these extensions as "installed" (because it finds settings.json for the underlying editors), even though the Amp extensions themselves no longer exist. Removing the dead clients cleanly resolves that class of false positives.
Closes #2174
Summary
Amp has announced the discontinuation of their VS Code and Cursor editor extensions. The extensions self-destructed on March 5, 2025. Amp is pivoting to a CLI-only model, explicitly abandoning the sidebar-assistant/extension approach.
This means the following ToolHive clients are now dead code targeting non-existent software:
amp-vscodeamp-vscode-insideramp-cursoramp-windsurfWhat needs to change
Remove the four Amp editor extension clients from ToolHive's client support. The primary touch points are:
pkg/client/config.go— client detection logic (looks foramp.mcpServersinsettings.json)The
amp-cliclient should be kept since Amp continues to support and develop their CLI tool.Why now
Keeping these clients in ToolHive creates confusion — as reported in #2174, ToolHive incorrectly detects these extensions as "installed" (because it finds
settings.jsonfor the underlying editors), even though the Amp extensions themselves no longer exist. Removing the dead clients cleanly resolves that class of false positives.Closes #2174