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Continue is an open-source AI code assistant that integrates with IDEs to provide customizable autocomplete and chat experiences using any AI models and context.
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Install the Continue extension: Install the Continue extension for your IDE. For VS Code, search for 'Continue' in the marketplace and click Install. For JetBrains IDEs, install the Continue plugin from the JetBrains marketplace.
Configure Continue: Open the Continue settings and configure your preferred AI model and provider. You can use the free trial models or connect your own API keys for services like OpenAI or Anthropic.
Use tab autocomplete: As you type code, Continue will offer autocomplete suggestions. Press tab to accept a suggestion and complete lines or sections of code.
Chat with Continue: Open the Continue sidebar in your IDE. You can ask questions about your code, reference specific parts of your codebase, and get help with coding tasks.
Highlight and edit code: Highlight a section of code, then use a keyboard shortcut to instruct Continue to modify or rewrite that code based on your natural language instructions.
Add custom context: Configure additional context providers like documentation sites, GitLab issues, or database schemas to give Continue more relevant information for your project.
Customize prompts and models: Adjust Continue's configuration files to customize prompt templates, switch between different AI models, or fine-tune other settings to optimize for your workflow.
Collect development data: Continue automatically collects data on your coding process in the .continue/dev_data directory. You can use this to improve your team's AI assistant over time.
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Continue is an open-source AI code assistant that integrates with IDEs like VS Code and JetBrains. It provides features like code autocomplete, chat, and code rewriting based on natural language instructions.
Continue Monthly Traffic Trends
Continue achieved 447.5K visits with a 53.7% growth in traffic. The introduction of CodeGate, a local, open-source privacy control tool, and significant improvements to mid-line autocomplete suggestions likely contributed to this growth. The partnership with SambaNova Systems to launch QwenCoder2.5 32B on their cloud also expanded its user base.
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