Introduction & Guides

A modular AI agent framework. Provider-agnostic, fully extensible, completely observable. Built on Linux kernel principles.

From install to productive in 5 minutes. Prerequisites, installation, configuration, and your first session.

Deliberate development, context management, when to delegate, recipe patterns, and multi-agent coordination.

Understanding the composition model. How bundles work, what agents are, and how to build your own.

Declarative multi-step agent coordination. Approval gates, resumability, and context accumulation.

Where Amplifier is going. Core philosophy, current state, near-term roadmap, and how to contribute.

The complete architecture of the Amplifier ecosystem. Kernel philosophy, module system, bundles & composition, multi-agent patterns, and design principles.

Amplifier's core design philosophy — the center stays still so the edges can move fast.

Why Amplifier's ultra-thin kernel provides mechanisms, not policies — and why that matters.

How to embed Amplifier in your app — web apps, voice assistants, Slack bots, CLI tools. Protocol boundary pattern, session lifecycle, and 5 session patterns.