Amp 2026.01.29
Amp 2026.01.29 was released on .
Summary
Slashing Custom Commands We're removing custom commands in favor of skills. They were two ways of doing the same thing, except that only you could invoke custom commands, and only the agent could i...
Release Context
- This was the 10th Amp release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Amp 2026.01.28 (January 28, 2026).
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Release Notes
Slashing Custom Commands We're removing custom commands in favor of skills. They were two ways of doing the same thing, except that only you could invoke custom commands, and only the agent could invoke skills. Now that you can invoke skills directly, there's no reason to keep custom commands around anymore. Migrating Custom Commands to Skills It's easy and takes just a few minutes. Let Amp Do It For You If you have custom commands in .agents/commands/ or ~/.config/amp/commands/, ask Amp to migrate them for you with the following prompt: Migrate my custom commands from .agents/commands/ to skills in .agents/skills. For each command: 1. Create a new skill directory in .agents/skills/ named after the command 2. If it's a markdown file, rename it to SKILL.md and add frontmatter with name and description 3. If it's an executable, create a SKILL.md that describes when and how to run the script, and move the executable to a scripts/ subdirectory 4. Delete the original command file Also do this for global custom commands in ~/.config/amp/commands (which should be migrated to skills ~/.config/agents/skills). Or Do It Manually Markdown commands: Move your .md file to a skill directory: Before .agents/commands/code-review.md After .agents/skills/code-review/SKILL.md Add frontmatter: --- name: code-review description: Review code for quality and best practices --- [Your existing content] Executable commands: Move the executable into a scripts/ subdirectory: Before .agents/commands/deploy After .agents/skills/deploy/ ├── SKILL.md └── scripts/ └── deploy In SKILL.md, tell the agent how to use it: --- name: deploy description: Deploy the application --- Run {baseDir}/scripts/deploy to deploy.
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