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continue.dev

Definition

continue.dev is an open-source IDE-integrated coding-assistant platform (VS Code + JetBrains plugins) that lets developers attach source files, selections, and custom context providers to LLM prompts from inside the editor. The wiki's canonical anchor is its use at Zalando as the prompt-authoring surface for the Partner Tech component-library migration toolkit — it automated the otherwise-manual step of copy-pasting component source files into prompt scaffolds.

Wiki anchor

From sources/2025-02-19-zalando-llm-powered-migration-of-ui-component-libraries:

"We utilized continue.dev to streamline this process, making the workflow of attaching source codes and generating prompt context more efficient."

Zalando used it during the hackathon-phase iterations and kept it for the production toolkit authoring flow. The article names it explicitly as one of the "lessons learned" — "It is important to evaluate available LLM tools before embarking on similar migration projects. Our initial approach of manually copying and pasting source code into LLM prompts proved time-consuming and error-prone. The adoption of continue.dev improved our workflow by automating source code handling."

Role vs alternatives

  • vs Cursor / Claude Code / GitHub Copilot chat: continue.dev is BYO-model and open-source; the others are proprietary model + agent harnesses. Zalando picked it for the prompt-context-attachment workflow, not the agent loop — they wrote their own Python transformation tool on top of the llm library for the batch runs. continue.dev was the authoring surface for composing and testing the prompt, not the runtime.
  • vs raw OpenAI Playground: context-attachment from the filesystem, slash-commands, and persistent customisations make it a better prompt-development environment than the web playground for projects that need to attach many source files repeatedly.

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