Comment by code51

Actually Sourcegraph's "Amp Code" is testing out a free ad-supported coding agent. Here is a video showing how it works: https://ampcode.com/news/amp-free

"Supported by ads from developer tool partners we’ve carefully chosen"

It's not trying to secretly insert tools into LLM output but directly present the product offering inside the agent area.

At one point, I speculate that Cursor will test this out as well, probably in a more covert way so that tool use paths get modified. Once the industry realizes tool-use-ads, then we're toast.