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Continue

IDE extension that connects any LLM to your editor for autocomplete, chat, and inline editing. Fully customisable — use any model, any context source.

continuedev/continue 25.0k stars 2.7k forks Apache-2.0

Install

$Install "Continue" from VS Code Marketplace or JetBrains Marketplace

About Getting Started Features References

About

Continue is a VS Code / JetBrains extension that adds AI coding capabilities without locking you to any specific model or vendor. All configuration is in a local config.json file.

Context providers are the key differentiator — instead of just sending the current file, you can add GitHub issues, documentation URLs, database schemas, and terminal output as context for any chat or edit.

Getting Started

Install from the VS Code Marketplace by searching "Continue". After installation, open the Continue panel (Cmd+L) and select a model from the config dropdown.

~/.continue/config.json

# Or configure manually in ~/.continue/config.json
{
  "models": [{
    "title": "Claude Sonnet 4",
    "provider": "anthropic",
    "model": "claude-sonnet-4-5",
    "apiKey": "sk-ant-..."
  }]
}