Continue enables developers to create, share, and use custom AI code assistants with our open-source VS Code and JetBrains extensions and hub of models, rules, prompts, docs, and other building blocks
Agent enables you to make more substantial changes to your codebase
Chat makes it easy to ask for help from an LLM without needing to leave the IDE
Autocomplete provides inline code suggestions as you type
Edit is a convenient way to modify code without leaving your current file
Learn about how to install and use Continue in the docs here
Read the contributing guide, and join #contribute on Discord.
- If GUI is modified only, run this in GUI folder
npm run build - Then, in extensions/vscode foler
npm run prepackage npm run package
- In Markdown documents:
- Select a piece of text and press
Ctrl+Eto get an explanation. - Select a piece of text and press
Ctrl+Shift+Qto initiate a quick conversation.
- Select a piece of text and press
- In the mind map:
- Left-click on a node to start a quick chat.
- Right-click on a node to ask the agent to update the task or requirements, such as requesting the agent to break down a task.
- In the task panel:
- In the chat flow:
- During the initialization phase, the agent clarifies requirements through questions and generates
requirements.md. - After generating the requirements, the agent further clarifies and produces
task.mdandre-plan.md. There-plan.mdis visualized in the mind map. - The agent guides the project step by step. After completing a task or checkpoint, the agent updates the corresponding documents (e.g., logs of related files for each task are updated in real-time), which are reflected in the task panel.












