Coding agents
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Continue is an open platform for customising AI coding assistance across IDE and command-line workflows. It supports multiple model providers and team configuration, giving organisations more control than a fixed hosted assistant.
THE PRACTICAL EXPLANATION
Continue is an open platform for customising AI coding assistance across IDE and command-line workflows. It supports multiple model providers and team configuration, giving organisations more control than a fixed hosted assistant.
WHERE TO USE IT
Use it for shared coding workflows, model experimentation, repository-aware assistance and teams that want to configure how developers access AI.
WHO MAY USE IT
Development teams and platform engineers prepared to own model selection, configuration, context sources and governance.
HOW TO USE IT
Begin with a team-approved model and minimal configuration. Define which project context may be sent to which provider, establish shared rules and test a small set of common tasks. Add custom assistants only where they solve a repeated development need.
GETTING THE BEST RESULTS
WHY IT MAY BE USEFUL
Open-source coding agent and developer tooling platform.
Best considered for: Customisable IDE and CLI coding workflows across model providers.
READ BEFORE YOU ADOPT IT
Configuration freedom creates governance work for shared teams.
Confirm the current licence, maintenance status, dependency risk, data path, model access, tool permissions and human approval points at the source. A public repository is inspectable raw material—not proof that a system is secure, supported or suitable for your production environment.