Future Direction

Vision & Roadmap

Where Amplifier is going — and what's already here

✓ Active

February 2026

Guiding Principles

Core philosophy

→ Mechanism, not policy — Kernel provides capabilities, not constraints
→ Ruthless simplicity — As simple as possible, but no simpler
→ Event-first — Everything emits events for observability
→ Composable by design — Mix and match capabilities freely
→ The center stays still — Kernel stability enables edge innovation

Design Thinking

Bricks & studs (LEGO model)

            Each module is a self-contained “brick.” Interfaces are “studs” where bricks connect. You can regenerate any brick independently without breaking the system.
        

Stable Contracts

Provider, Tool, and Hook contracts — these stay stable while implementations evolve.

Independent Evolution

Swap providers, update tools, add hooks — all without touching the kernel.

Litmus Test

“Could two teams want different behavior?” If yes, it's policy → Module, not kernel.

Today

Where we are now

8,134

Lines of kernel code

35

Ecosystem repos

525

Commits (3 key repos)

16

Foundation agents

6

Contributors

3

LLM backends

            Production ready. Stable kernel with Provider, Tool, and Hook contracts. 13 standalone bundle repos and 12 foundation behaviors. Active development since October 2025.
        

Shipped

What's working today

Agent Delegation

16 foundation agents — from zen-architect to bug-hunter to security-guardian. Specialized agents with full tool access and context control.

Recipe Workflows

Multi-step orchestration with staged approvals, foreach loops, convergence-based iteration, and provider preference chains.

Rich Event System

Canonical events for session, prompt, provider, tool, and orchestrator lifecycle. Full observability surface for hooks.

Desktop Distribution

Kepler — a Tauri-based desktop app with web UI. A separate distribution path alongside the CLI experience.

Near-Term Focus

Current focus areas

Bundle Composition

Enhanced dependency resolution, better versioning, cleaner composition patterns for the 13 standalone bundle repos.

MCP Integration (aspirational)

Model Context Protocol is referenced in foundation docs but not yet implemented in the kernel. Under consideration.

Observability

Enhanced session analysis, better debugging tools, cost tracking. Building on the existing canonical event system.

Performance

Streaming improvements, caching strategies, faster session loading for longer-running agent workflows.

Longer Horizon

Growing the ecosystem

→ Module marketplace — Discover and share capabilities (aspirational)
→ Bundle registry — Versioned, reusable configurations (aspirational)
→ Pattern library — Proven multi-agent patterns (aspirational)
→ Community recipes — Share repeatable workflows (aspirational)
→ Provider diversity — Expand beyond current 3 backends (aspirational)

            These items represent the project's direction, not shipped features. They are subject to prioritization based on community needs and contributor interest.
        

Get Involved

Ways to contribute

Build & Share

Create providers, tools, hooks, or full bundles. 13 bundle repos already exist as patterns to follow.

Document & Teach

Write tutorials, share multi-agent patterns, help newcomers understand the architecture.

Use & Report

Build AI-powered apps with Amplifier. Report issues, suggest features, show what's possible.

Sources

Research Methodology

Data as of: February 20, 2026

Feature status: Active

Research performed:

Kernel line count: find . -name "*.py" -path "*/amplifier_core/*" | xargs wc -l → 8,134 lines (includes validation tests within package)
Repo count: ls ~/dev/ANext/ | grep -i amplifier → 35 repositories
Bundle repos: ls -d amplifier-bundle-* → 13 standalone bundle repos
Commit counts: git rev-list --count HEAD → Core: 134, Foundation: 317, Recipes: 74
Contributors: git log --format="%an" | sort -u across 3 repos → 6 unique humans
Foundation agents: ls amplifier-foundation/agents/ → 16 agent definitions
Provider configs: ls amplifier-foundation/providers/ → 5 configs (Anthropic, OpenAI models)
Provider modules: 2 standalone repos (amplifier-module-provider-anthropic, amplifier-module-provider-github-copilot)
First commit: Core on 2025-10-08, Foundation on 2025-12-09
MCP status: grep -rl "mcp|MCP" → referenced in foundation docs, not in core

Gaps: Provider count (3 backends) based on local repos only; additional community providers may exist. “Lines of kernel” includes validation tests within amplifier_core package. Commit counts cover 3 key repos, not all 35.

Primary contributors: Sam Schillace, Brian Krabach, Marc Goodner, Samuel Lee, Diego Colombo, Mollie Munoz

Join the journey

Help build the future of AI agent frameworks

GitHub: github.com/microsoft/amplifier
Discussions: github.com/microsoft/amplifier/discussions
Tutorial: ramparte.github.io/amplifier-tutorial
Contributing: See CONTRIBUTING.md in the repo

Open source. Community driven. Built together.