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Continue.dev Integration

Overview

Continue.dev is a powerful open-source IDE extension that provides AI coding assistance across multiple platforms. It offers seamless integration into your development workflow with context-aware suggestions.

Key Features

  • Cross-IDE Support: Works with VSCode, JetBrains, and more
  • Context-Aware Assistance: Understands your codebase
  • Multi-Provider Support: Use different AI models
  • Custom Commands: Create personalized AI workflows
  • Code Editing: Direct code modification capabilities

Use Cases

  • Code completion and generation as you type
  • Implementing feature requests described in natural language
  • Debugging complex issues with AI assistance
  • Refactoring and code optimization
  • Learning new frameworks through guided examples

Setup Instructions

  1. Install the Continue.dev extension for your IDE, here we will use VSCode as an example.
  2. Open the Continue.dev settings panel and navigate to the config.json file.
  3. Edit the config.json file for configuration of Chat Model:
  4. {
    "models": [
    {
    "title": "<model name>",
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "<model name>",
    "apiBase": "https://api.relax.ai/v1/",
    "apiKey": "your_relax_ai_api_key"
    }
    ]
    }

    Continue.dev Configuration

  5. Restart your IDE and verify the connection.

Using Continue.dev

Continue.dev offers several ways to interact with AI:

    1. Chat Panel: Ask questions and get code snippets
    2. Inline Completions: Get suggestions as you type
    3. Commands: Use /commands for specific actions
    4. Context Sharing: Automatically shares relevant files

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