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continuedev/continue

Source: https://github.com/continuedev/continue

Continue

Source-controlled AI checks, enforceable in CI

Getting started

Paste this into your coding agent of choice:

Help me write checks for this codebase: https://continue.dev/walkthrough

How it works

Continue runs agents on every pull request as GitHub status checks. Each agent is a markdown file in your repo at .continue/checks/. Green if the code looks good, red with a suggested diff if not. Here is an example that performs a security review:

---
name: Security Review
description: Review PR for basic security vulnerabilities
---
Review this PR and check that:
  - No secrets or API keys are hardcoded
  - All new API endpoints have input validation
  - Error responses use the standard error format

Install CLI

AI checks are powered by the open-source Continue CLI (cn).

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/continuedev/continue/main/extensions/cli/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/continuedev/continue/main/extensions/cli/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Or with npm (requires Node.js 20+):

npm i -g @continuedev/cli

Then run:

cn

Looking for the VS Code extension? See here.

Contributing

Read the contributing guide, and join the GitHub Discussions.

License

Apache 2.0 © 2023-2024 Continue Dev, Inc.