Continue · Continue Dev (acquired by Cursor/Anysphere)
The veteran model-agnostic IDE extension (VS Code + JetBrains, strong local-model support) that pivoted to 'Continuous AI' — a cn CLI running markdown-defined async agents as GitHub PR status checks — before being acquired by Cursor in 2026, with the original team shipping a final v2.0.0 (telemetry and auth removed).
Identity
| Homepage | https://www.continue.dev |
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| Repository | https://github.com/continuedev/continue |
| License | open-source |
| Domain | coding |
| Form factor | ide-extension · cli · ci-step |
Model support
| Model-agnostic | ✓ yes |
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| Native models | — |
| Local models | ✓ yes |
| Pricing | freemium |
Extensibility
| MCP client | ✓ yes |
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| Agent Skills support | ? unknown |
| Plugins / hooks | ✓ yes |
Execution & safety
| Sandboxing | unknown |
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| Autonomy spectrum | supervised → semi-autonomous → background-cloud |
| Subagents | ? unknown |
| Parallel sessions | ? unknown |
| Context management | codebase-indexing |
Integration & evidence
| Headless / API | ✓ yes |
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| GitHub integration | ✓ yes |
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✓ profile last verified 2026-07-08 · benchmark figures are vendor-reported unless a source states otherwise