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Coding & Assistance

Continue is an open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with model choice, context retrieval, and configurable workflows.

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Features

  • VS Code and JetBrains extensions
  • Open-source configurable setup
  • Multiple model providers
  • Code completion and chat
  • Context retrieval and codebase understanding
  • Fit for private and team-standardized workflows

Use Cases

  • Custom AI coding assistant setup
  • Private model integration in IDEs
  • Team IDE workflow standardization
  • Local or enterprise code assistance
  • Open-source AI coding evaluation
  • Multi-model code completion experiments

FAQ

Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant for developer teams, supporting chat, code completion, context retrieval, and custom workflows in VS Code and JetBrains. It emphasizes model choice, private deployment, and extensible configuration for teams that want control over model providers, context sources, and development experience. Core capabilities include: VS Code and JetBrains extensions, Open-source configurable setup, Multiple model providers.

Common scenarios include: Custom AI coding assistant setup, Private model integration in IDEs, Team IDE workflow standardization.

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