# Continue

Connect [Continue](https://continue.dev/) to Aurora for IDE chat and editing.
This guide uses Continue's YAML configuration and disables the Responses API.

> Available Inference endpoint: `https://ai.aur.lu/v1` (Aurora).

## Install and prepare

Install the [Continue IDE extension](https://docs.continue.dev/ide-extensions/install)
and create an [Aurora token](https://docs.aur.lu/docs/inference/getting-started).

Put the token in `~/.continue/.env`:

```dotenv
AURORA_API_TOKEN=<your-token>
```

## Configure the model

Open the local configuration from Continue's model/configuration selector.
For a new `~/.continue/config.yaml`, use:

```yaml
name: Aurora
version: 1.0.0
schema: v1
models:
  - name: DeepSeek V4 Flash (Aurora)
    provider: openai
    model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
    apiBase: https://ai.aur.lu/v1
    apiKey: ${{ secrets.AURORA_API_TOKEN }}
    useResponsesApi: false
    roles:
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
```

For an existing configuration, append just the model entry to `models`. Keep the
full Aurora model ID; `provider: openai` already selects the adapter, so no
`openai/` model prefix is needed. The URL includes `/v1`.

## Try chat and agent mode

Reload the local configuration, choose **DeepSeek V4 Flash (Aurora)**, attach
an existing `README.md` through Continue's context picker, and ask:

```text
Summarize the attached README in three bullets.
```

Expect a streamed response based on the attachment. For **Agent** mode, verify
the model supports tool calling, then add this key to its model entry:

```yaml
capabilities:
  - tool_use
```

Switch to Agent mode and ask it to read a different small project file and
summarize it without edits. Expect a tool result followed by the summary.
The capability setting tells Continue to expose tools; it does not add tool
support to the model.

## Troubleshooting

- **Secret not found:** Check `~/.continue/.env`, the exact secret name, and
  reload the extension. The YAML uses Continue's `secrets` syntax, not a shell export.
- **`/responses` errors:** Keep `useResponsesApi: false`; do not enable
  Responses-only features on this entry.
- **Agent mode unavailable:** Check `tool_use` and the selected model's support.
- **Autocomplete or indexing fails:** This guide configures chat/edit/apply
  roles. Autocomplete and embeddings are separate model roles; an Aurora chat
  connection does not configure an embedding endpoint.

See [shared troubleshooting](https://docs.aur.lu/docs/inference/integrations#troubleshooting),
[Continue's OpenAI-compatible configuration](https://docs.continue.dev/customize/model-providers/top-level/openai),
and the [YAML reference](https://docs.continue.dev/reference).