About Continue CLI
Continue CLI brings coding-agent workflows into the command line and automation environments. Developers can trigger complex code tasks directly from the terminal or orchestrate workflows in CI pipelines, extending AI-assisted programming to scripts and automated scenarios.
Key features
- 01Run coding-agent workflows from the command line
- 02Write and execute scriptable AI prompts
- 03Integrate AI tasks into CI pipelines and local workflows
Use cases
- 01Add AI-assisted code generation to automation scripts
- 02Run coding-agent tasks within CI/CD pipelines
- 03Quickly execute repetitive code operations from the development workflow
Install
Pick your OS or package manager and run the command in a terminal.
Once installed, runcn --versionto confirm it works.
Example commands
Common commands in the order you’d use them.
Details
From the project READMEContinue
Pioneering open-source coding agent
What is Continue?
Note: The
continuedev/continuerepository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only for all users.
Continue is a coding agent available as a CLI, VS Code extension, and JetBrains plugin.
Documentation
To learn how to configure Continue, how it works, and how to customize it, check out the Continue Docs.
Final 2.0.0 Release
We polished Continue and did a final 2.0.0 release of the VS Code extension, CLI, and JetBrains plugin.
This included removing anonymous telemetry, pulling out authentication, squashing bugs, and more.
VS Code
CLI
JetBrains
Note: We recommend using the Continue CLI instead of the JetBrains plugin.
Contributors
Thank you to the entire Continue community for helping us create a pioneering coding agent.
What we built together pushed the boundaries of what AI developer tooling could be.
We hope this codebase continues to serve as a foundation for others.
Code friends
License
Apache 2.0 © 2023-2026 Continue Dev, Inc.