## The short version

To let Devin Desktop deploy to Ample, install the Ample CLI, run `ample auth signup` (no browser or card) and connect Devin Desktop to the `ample mcp` server. Then ask it to deploy: Ample builds the app, returns a live HTTPS URL, and explains any failure so Devin Desktop can fix it.

## Set up Devin Desktop for Ample

1. 1

### Install Devin Desktop

This installs the Devin CLI; Devin Desktop downloads are at https://devin.ai.

```
curl -fsSL https://cli.devin.ai/install.sh | bash
```

2. 2

### Install the Ample CLI and create an account

`ample auth signup` creates an account with no browser, card or CAPTCHA. Claim it by email within 48 hours to keep it (`ample auth claim --email you@example.com`).

```
curl -fsSL https://get.ample.computer/install.sh | sh
ample auth signup
```

3. 3

### Connect Devin Desktop to Ample's MCP server

Devin Desktop's local agent uses the same configuration as the Devin CLI.

```
devin mcp add ample -- ample mcp
```

4. 4

### Add the Ample skills (optional)

Three skills teach Devin Desktop when and how to deploy, connect services and migrate. Remove the directories to uninstall.

```
curl -fsSL https://ample.computer/skills.sh | sh -s -- .agents/skills
```

5. 5

### Ask it to deploy

The deploy waits until the app is live or failed and returns the URL. On failure the result says who must act and suggests a fix.

```
Deploy this app to Ample and give me the URL.
```

## Example prompts

- Deploy this app to Ample and give me the URL.
- Add a Postgres database to this app on Ample and redeploy.
- The Ample deploy failed. Read the logs, fix the cause and deploy again.
- Put the uploads in an Ample bucket and serve them from the CDN.
- Move this app from Heroku to Ample.

## Notes

- Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026; the legacy Cascade agent keeps its own MCP configuration.

## Devin Desktop documentation

- [docs.devin.ai/cli/extensibility/mcp/configuration.md](https://docs.devin.ai/cli/extensibility/mcp/configuration.md)
- [docs.devin.ai/cli/extensibility/skills.md](https://docs.devin.ai/cli/extensibility/skills.md)
- [docs.devin.ai/desktop/devin-desktop-faq.md](https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/devin-desktop-faq.md)