Continue

aid: continue-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/continue-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Continue
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/continue-dev.png
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: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.
- aid: continue-dev:continue-dev-ide-api
  name: Continue Ide API
  description: The Ide API from Continue — 8 operation(s) for ide.
  humanURL: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/main/packages/continue-sdk/openapi.yaml
  baseURL: https://api.continue.dev
  tags:
  - Ide
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/continue-dev-ide-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/tree/main/packages/continue-sdk
  - type: JSONSchema
    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: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/continue-dev-assistant-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/continue-dev-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/continue-dev-list-assistants-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/continue-dev-list-organizations-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/continue-dev-free-trial-status-example.json
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@continuedev/sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/continuedev-sdk/
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/continue/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/continue-dev-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/continue-dev-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/continue-dev-authentication.yml
- 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: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/tree/main/packages/continue-sdk/typescript
  name: TypeScript SDK (continue-sdk)
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/continuedev/continue/tree/main/packages/continue-sdk/python
  name: Python SDK (continue-sdk)
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/continuedev/rules
  name: rules CLI (cross-assistant rule conversion)
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/continuedev/create-software-factory
  name: create-software-factory (scaffold .continue agents and checks)
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/continuedev/pollhook
  name: pollhook (poll REST APIs, deliver webhooks)
- type: Tools
  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: LlmsText
  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