Continue Notes

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1. Continue Configuration

1. Continue Configuration

In the Primary Side Bar, click on the Continue Extension Icon.
Now follow the numbered steps in the screenshot to open the config file:
The config.yaml file for Continue will appear in the editor window.

Create/Edit a yaml config. Reference is here:

Example YAML config file

name: Local Ollama Assistant
version: 1.0.0
schema: v1
models:
  - name: Ollama-CodeLlama:34b            (1)
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.53:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: codellama:34b                  (2)
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
  - name: Ollama-DeepSeek-Coder-R2-16b
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.53:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: deepseek-coder-v2:16b
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    autocompleteOptions:
      debounceDelay: 350
      maxPromptTokens: 1024
      onlyMyCode: true
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
  - name: Ollama-Phi4
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.53:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: phi4:latest
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    autocompleteOptions:
      debounceDelay: 350
      maxPromptTokens: 1024
      onlyMyCode: true
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
  - name: Ollama-Qwen3:30b
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.53:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: qwen3:30b
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    autocompleteOptions:
      debounceDelay: 350
      maxPromptTokens: 1024
      onlyMyCode: true
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
  - name: Ollama-Qwen3-Coder:30b
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.53:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: qwen3-coder:30b
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    autocompleteOptions:
      debounceDelay: 350
      maxPromptTokens: 1024
      onlyMyCode: true
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3

context:
  - provider: code
  - provider: docs
  - provider: diff
  - provider: terminal
  - provider: problems
  - provider: folder
  - provider: codebase

prompts:
  - name: check
    description: Check for mistakes in my code
    prompt: |
      Please read the highlighted code and check for any mistakes. You should look for the following, and be extremely vigilant:
        - Syntax errors
        - Logic errors
        - Security vulnerabilities

1	Friendly Model name
2	Actual Model name

Modify the models section of the config to reflect the LLMs installed in Ollama.

Refer to the Ollama-Notes doc to get a list of installed models.