Continue.dev

Continue is the open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Wire it to agentry so Continue can spin up sandboxes and ship apps on your server.

You'll need

• The agentry CLI installed and signed in. See Quick start, step 1–2.
• VS Code or JetBrains with Continue installed.
• ~3 minutes.

Add agentry as an MCP server

Continue reads its config from ~/.continue/config.json (or ~/.continue/config.yaml if you prefer YAML).

Open ~/.continue/config.json and add an mcpServers entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentry": {
      "command": "agentry",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

If the file already has other top-level keys (models, slashCommands, …), keep them. Add mcpServers alongside.

Save. Continue picks up the change on next prompt.

Verify

Open Continue's chat panel and ask:

Which agentry tools do you have?

You should see the full agentry tool list. If you don't, restart your editor and try again.

Path issues

If Continue can't find agentry, use the full path:

which agentry

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentry": {
      "command": "/Users/you/.local/bin/agentry",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Switch between models with OpenRouter

Continue.dev supports OpenAI-compatible providers natively — add a model in your config.json with provider: "openai" and a baseURL of https://openrouter.ai/api/v1. One key, ~200 models.

{
  "models": [
    {
      "title": "OpenRouter — Sonnet",
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet",
      "apiBase": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
      "apiKey": "<your-openrouter-key>"
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenRouter — GPT-4o",
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "openai/gpt-4o",
      "apiBase": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
      "apiKey": "<your-openrouter-key>"
    }
  ]
}

Switch between them in Continue's model dropdown. agentry doesn't care which one you pick.

Common gotchas

Continue lists fewer tools than expected

Continue versions before MCP support reached stable will silently ignore the mcpServers block. Update Continue to the latest version.

"config.json: invalid JSON"

A trailing comma or quote mismatch in ~/.continue/config.json breaks the whole config. Validate with cat ~/.continue/config.json | python3 -m json.tool.

Next

• Prompting — patterns Continue will follow.
• Ship an app — go from prototype to production URL.