AI AGENTS

Continue

by Continue Dev, Inc.

ai-code-agent

Overview

Open-source AI coding agent for CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, and CI workflows.

Details

Continue is an open-source AI coding agent from Continue Dev, Inc. The supplied official website, documentation, and GitHub sources describe Continue as available across CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, and CI workflows. The CLI quickstart describes Continue CLI (`cn`) as a terminal-based coding agent that edits files, runs commands, and works through multi-step tasks. The VS Code Marketplace listing documents Agent, Chat, Edit, and Autocomplete capabilities, and the checks reference describes PR check agents for reviewing pull requests.

When to Use

Use Continue when you want an open-source coding agent that can be used from developer environments such as CLI VS Code JetBrains or CI. Use Continue CLI for terminal-based coding-agent workflows that involve editing files running commands and completing multi-step tasks. Use Continue in VS Code when you need Agent Chat Edit or Autocomplete capabilities inside the editor. Use Continue checks when you want PR review agents defined as markdown files with a system prompt body.

Getting Started

Visit the official website at https://www.continue.dev/.
Review the documentation at https://docs.continue.dev/.
Follow the Continue CLI quickstart at https://docs.continue.dev/cli/quickstart if you want the terminal-based agent.
Install or review the VS Code extension listing at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue for VS Code workflows.
Inspect the GitHub repository at https://github.com/continuedev/continue.

Key Features

•Open-source AI coding agent.
•Available across CLI
•VS Code
•JetBrains
•and CI workflows according to the supplied official sources.
•Continue CLI (`cn`) is described as a terminal-based coding agent that edits files
•runs commands
•and works through multi-step tasks.
•VS Code Marketplace listing documents Agent
•Chat
•Edit
•and Autocomplete capabilities.
•PR check agents are documented as markdown files whose body is the agent system prompt used to review pull requests.

Capabilities

•Terminal-based coding-agent workflows
•File editing
•Command execution
•Multi-step task handling
•VS Code Agent workflows
•VS Code Chat
•VS Code Edit
•VS Code Autocomplete
•Pull request review checks
•CI workflow support

Last updated Jun 20, 2026