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Provides continuous AI assistance across IDEs, terminals, and CI pipelines, offering agents, chat, inline editing, and autocomplete to accelerate software development.
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What is Continue about?
Continue delivers AI‑powered development support directly inside your coding environment. It lets developers collaborate with custom agents, ask questions via chat, edit code on the fly, and receive inline autocomplete suggestions, all without leaving the IDE or terminal.
How to use Continue?
- VS Code – Install the "Continue" extension from the Marketplace.
- JetBrains (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.) – Add the plugin via the JetBrains marketplace.
- CLI – Follow the guide at https://docs.continue.dev/guides/cli to run the tool from the command line.
- Configure your preferred LLM provider (Claude, Qwen, etc.) in the settings panel.
Key Features
- Agent – Interactive AI agent that works on development tasks together with you.
- Chat – General‑purpose Q&A to clarify code or explore concepts.
- Edit – Prompt‑driven code modifications without leaving the current file.
- Autocomplete – Real‑time inline code suggestions as you type.
- Cross‑IDE support – Works in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and the terminal.
- Open‑source – Apache‑2.0 licensed, extensible via custom agents.
Use Cases
- Rapid prototyping by generating boilerplate code snippets.
- Debugging assistance through contextual chat explanations.
- Refactoring large codebases via AI‑driven edit commands.
- Continuous integration pipelines that run AI checks on pull requests.
- Learning new APIs with on‑demand code examples.
FAQ
Q: Which LLMs are supported? A: Continue works with Claude, Qwen, and any OpenAI‑compatible provider via configuration.
Q: Do I need an API key? A: Yes, each LLM provider requires its own API key, which you set in the extension settings.
Q: Can I create my own custom agents? A: Absolutely. The platform is extensible; you can define custom prompts and workflows.
Q: Is there a free tier? A: The core client is free and open source; usage costs depend on the LLM service you connect to.
Q: How does Continue integrate with CI? A: Use the CLI version in your CI scripts to run AI‑driven checks or generate code reviews automatically.
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Ship faster with Continuous AI
Build and run custom agents across your IDE, terminal, and CI
Get started in VS Code, JetBrains, or CLI
Agent
Agent to work on development tasks together with AI
Chat
Chat to ask general questions and clarify code sections
Edit
Edit to modify a code section without leaving your current file
Autocomplete
Autocomplete to receive inline code suggestions as you type
Contributing
Read the contributing guide, and join #contribute on Discord.
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- Author
- continuedev
- Category
- Development Tools
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache License 2.0
- Stars
- 28,438
- Updated
- 2 days ago
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