Continue

aid: continue-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/continue-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Continue
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
  - AI
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Developer Tools
  - Code Assistant
  - Open Source
  - VS Code
  - JetBrains
  - CLI
  - MCP
  - Apache 2.0
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.16'
position: Consuming
description: >-
  Continue is the open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains, distributed under Apache 2.0. The Continue
  IDE extensions and the Continue CLI federate to any LLM provider — Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, OpenRouter, Ollama, and
  a Continue-managed proxy — and load their configuration from Continue Hub. Continue Hub (api.continue.dev) is the
  registry and IDE API that serves assistants, blocks, models, rules, prompts, docs, and MCP servers to the extensions,
  along with free-trial status, organization policy, secrets sync, and the Stripe checkout URL for the Models Add-On.
  Continue has also pivoted into "continuous AI" — source- controlled checks that live as markdown files under
  .continue/checks/ and run in CI as GitHub status checks.
apis:
  - aid: continue-dev:continue-hub-ide-api
    name: Continue Hub IDE API
    tags:
      - Hub
      - IDE
      - Assistants
      - Organizations
      - AI
    humanURL: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/main/packages/continue-sdk/openapi.yaml
    baseURL: https://api.continue.dev
    properties:
      - url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/tree/main/packages/continue-sdk
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/continue-dev-hub-ide-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/continue-dev-assistant-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/continue-dev-organization-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/continue-dev-free-trial-status-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-structure/continue-dev-assistant-structure.json
        type: JSONStructure
      - url: json-ld/continue-dev-context.jsonld
        type: JSONLD
      - url: examples/continue-dev-list-assistants-example.json
        type: Example
      - url: examples/continue-dev-list-organizations-example.json
        type: Example
      - url: examples/continue-dev-free-trial-status-example.json
        type: Example
      - type: SDK
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@continuedev/sdk
        name: TypeScript SDK
      - type: SDK
        url: https://pypi.org/project/continuedev-sdk/
        name: Python SDK
    description: >-
      REST API exposed by api.continue.dev that the Continue VS Code and JetBrains extensions and the Continue CLI use
      to list and refresh assistants, list organizations, fetch organization policy, sync user secrets, check free-trial
      chat/autocomplete quota, and obtain a Stripe checkout URL for the Models Add-On. Bearer auth with API keys
      prefixed con_, generated in the Continue Hub web interface. Auto-generated TypeScript and Python clients ship in
      packages/continue-sdk in the open-source continuedev/continue monorepo.
  - aid: continue-dev:ide-extensions
    name: Continue IDE Extensions
    tags:
      - VS Code
      - JetBrains
      - Open Source
      - Apache 2.0
      - AI
    humanURL: https://docs.continue.dev/
    baseURL: https://www.continue.dev
    properties:
      - type: GitHubRepository
        url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/
      - type: License
        url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/main/LICENSE
        name: Apache 2.0
    description: >-
      Open-source IDE plugins shipping for VS Code and JetBrains. Provide chat, edit, apply, autocomplete, and agent
      modes. Bring your own LLM (Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, OpenRouter, Ollama) or use the Continue-managed proxy on
      the Hub Starter/Team tiers. Configured via YAML assistants pulled from Continue Hub.
  - aid: continue-dev:continue-cli
    name: Continue CLI
    tags:
      - CLI
      - CI
      - Checks
      - Open Source
      - AI
    humanURL: https://docs.continue.dev/checks/quickstart
    baseURL: https://continue.dev/check
    properties:
      - type: GitHubRepository
        url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/checks/quickstart
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/checks/running-locally
        name: Run Checks Locally
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/checks/running-in-ci
        name: Run Checks in CI
    description: >-
      Open-source command-line interface powering Continue's source-controlled AI checks. Checks are markdown files in
      .continue/checks/ that run as full AI agents against pull requests and surface results as GitHub status checks.
      Also runs assistants locally and headlessly.
  - aid: continue-dev:continue-hub
    name: Continue Hub
    tags:
      - Hub
      - Registry
      - Assistants
      - Blocks
      - MCP
    humanURL: https://hub.continue.dev/
    baseURL: https://hub.continue.dev
    properties:
      - type: Portal
        url: https://hub.continue.dev/
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://continue.dev/login
    description: >-
      Hosted registry where teams publish and share assistants, blocks (models, rules, prompts, docs, MCP servers,
      context providers), and policy. Powers the Continue Hub IDE API and is the primary commercial surface alongside
      the open-source extensions and CLI.
  - aid: continue-dev:mission-control
    name: Continue Mission Control
    tags:
      - Mission Control
      - Metrics
      - Observability
      - Checks
    humanURL: https://docs.continue.dev/mission-control/metrics
    baseURL: https://continue.dev
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/mission-control/beyond-checks
        name: Beyond Checks
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.continue.dev/mission-control/metrics
        name: Metrics
    description: >-
      Observability surface for tracking check outcomes, agent runs, and adoption metrics across an organization's
      repositories. Part of the Team and Company tiers.
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.continue.dev/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.continue.dev/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.continue.dev/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/continuedev
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/continuedev
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.continue.dev/
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://continue.dev/login
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.continue.dev/pricing
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.continue.dev/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.continue.dev/checks/quickstart
    name: Quickstart — Write Your First Check
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.continue.dev/checks/reference
    name: Check File Reference
  - type: ChecksDocs
    url: https://continue.dev/check
  - type: Hub
    url: https://hub.continue.dev/
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/main/LICENSE
    name: Apache 2.0
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/tree/main/packages/continue-sdk/typescript
    name: TypeScript SDK (continue-sdk)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/tree/main/packages/continue-sdk/python
    name: Python SDK (continue-sdk)
  - type: Tool
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/rules
    name: rules CLI (cross-assistant rule conversion)
  - type: Tool
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/create-software-factory
    name: create-software-factory (scaffold .continue agents and checks)
  - type: Tool
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/pollhook
    name: pollhook (poll REST APIs, deliver webhooks)
  - type: Tool
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/instinct
    name: Instinct (open Next Edit model)
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/awesome-rules
    name: awesome-rules
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/checks
    name: Continue checks library
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/anthropic-continue-hub
    name: Anthropic Continue Hub block
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/openai-continue-hub
    name: OpenAI Continue Hub block
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/mistral-continue-hub
    name: Mistral Continue Hub block
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/openrouter-continue-hub
    name: OpenRouter Continue Hub block
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/ollama-continue-hub
    name: Ollama Continue Hub block
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/google-continue-hub
    name: Google Continue Hub block
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/continue-dev-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/continue-dev-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/continue-dev-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/continue-dev-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/continue-dev-finops.yml
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://docs.continue.dev/llms.txt
  - type: Features
    data:
      - Open-source VS Code extension with 33k+ GitHub stars on continuedev/continue
      - Open-source JetBrains plugin (IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm, etc.)
      - Open-source Continue CLI for local and CI execution
      - Source-controlled AI checks (.continue/checks/*.md) that run as GitHub status checks on every PR
      - Source-controlled assistants (.continue/agents/*.yaml) versioned alongside code
      - Continue Hub registry for sharing assistants, blocks, models, rules, prompts, docs, and MCP servers
      - >-
        Continue Hub IDE API (api.continue.dev) with 8 REST endpoints under /ide for assistants, organizations, policy,
        free-trial, secrets, and checkout
      - >-
        BYO LLM provider — Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, OpenRouter, Ollama, AWS Bedrock, Google, xAI, Together AI,
        Cerebras, SambaNova, and more via Hub blocks
      - Continue-managed proxy (alwaysUseProxy=true) routes model traffic through Continue with pass-through billing
      - On-prem proxy option for organizations that need to keep prompt traffic inside their network
      - Free trial with per-user chat and autocomplete quota tracked via /ide/free-trial-status
      - Models Add-On purchasable via /ide/get-models-add-on-checkout-url (Stripe)
      - Organization policy (allowed models, secret handling, telemetry) returned by /ide/policy
      - Secrets sync from Hub to IDE via /ide/sync-secrets
      - Mission Control metrics for tracking check outcomes and agent runs across repos
      - Apache 2.0 license on extensions and CLI
      - Auto-generated TypeScript and Python SDKs from the OpenAPI spec at packages/continue-sdk
      - Swagger UI for local API exploration via npm run swagger-ui in packages/continue-sdk
      - 70+ official Continue Hub blocks (per-provider repos under github.com/continuedev)
      - Instinct — Continue's open Next Edit model
      - Bearer auth with API keys prefixed con_
    sources:
      - https://www.continue.dev/
      - https://www.continue.dev/pricing
      - https://docs.continue.dev/
      - https://github.com/continuedev
      - https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/main/packages/continue-sdk/openapi.yaml
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: In-editor AI chat, edit, and apply
        description: Use any frontier or local model directly inside VS Code and JetBrains without lock-in to one vendor.
      - name: Source-controlled coding standards enforced in CI
        description: >-
          Define checks as markdown in .continue/checks/, have AI enforce them on every PR, see results as GitHub status
          checks.
      - name: Team-shared assistants
        description: >-
          Publish assistants on Continue Hub so every engineer pulls the same models, rules, prompts, docs, and MCP
          servers.
      - name: BYO LLM cost control
        description: >-
          Federate to a self-hosted Ollama, an OpenRouter account, or your own Anthropic/OpenAI key to keep AI spend on
          your existing provider.
      - name: On-prem prompt isolation
        description: >-
          Route model traffic through an on-prem Continue proxy so prompts and secrets never leave the corporate
          network.
      - name: Local autocomplete with Ollama
        description: Run code completion against a local model for zero-egress, zero-cost inference.
      - name: MCP tool integration
        description: >-
          Compose MCP servers into a Continue assistant to give the agent access to internal tools without writing
          extension code.
      - name: Continuous AI
        description: >-
          Apply Continue's "standards as checks" model to legacy codebases — codify standards in markdown, then have AI
          agents drag the codebase toward them.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: Anthropic
        description: >-
          Use Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku as the chat/edit/apply/autocomplete model inside Continue.
          Anthropic-continue-hub publishes ready-to-use blocks.
      - name: OpenAI
        description: Use GPT-class models as Continue model providers via openai-continue-hub.
      - name: Mistral
        description: mistral-continue-hub publishes Mistral models as Continue blocks.
      - name: OpenRouter
        description: openrouter-continue-hub federates to any OpenRouter-hosted model.
      - name: Ollama
        description: ollama-continue-hub points Continue at a local Ollama server for zero-egress inference.
      - name: AWS Bedrock
        description: bedrock-continue-hub uses Bedrock-hosted models, including Claude on Bedrock.
      - name: Google
        description: google-continue-hub federates to Gemini and Vertex AI models.
      - name: Together AI, xAI, Cerebras, SambaNova, Cohere, IBM watsonx, Novita, NCompass, Inception Labs, Relace, IONOS
        description: Per-provider Continue Hub repositories ship blocks for each.
      - name: GitHub
        description: >-
          Continue checks run in CI and report status checks back to the GitHub PR. The check-cli, checks-cli, and
          suggestions-cli automate these flows.
      - name: Slack, Sentry, Snyk
        description: Starter tier and above can connect Continue agents to Slack, Sentry, and Snyk.
      - name: Docker
        description: docker-continue-hub publishes Docker-authored blocks for Continue.
      - name: Model Context Protocol
        description: >-
          Continue assistants compose MCP servers as tool sources; Continue maintains a fork of the official MCP
          TypeScript SDK.
  - type: Solutions
    data:
      - name: Continuous AI for engineering teams
        description: Codify coding standards as markdown checks; AI agents enforce them in CI on every pull request.
      - name: Open-source AI IDE for any LLM
        description: >-
          Drop-in replacement for proprietary AI coding assistants without surrendering model choice or telemetry
          control.
      - name: Hub-managed assistant distribution
        description: Centralize team assistants on Continue Hub instead of per-engineer config sprawl.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com