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Open VS Code / JetBrains plugin: autocomplete and chat against models you configure.

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Evaluation

What to know

Best for

Teams that want model choice inside VS Code or JetBrains
Local plus API mixes
People willing to own config

Not ideal for

Zero-setup buyers
GitHub-only procurement

Key features

VS Code and JetBrains plugins
Bring your own models
Configurable context
Open stack

Pros

No forced IDE migration
Control

Cons

Config tax
Not a managed agent product

ToolifyNav verdict

Continue is the open plugin path. Cursor is managed agent UX. Copilot is the seat switch. Cody is Sourcegraph context. Tabnine is private completion. Pick Continue when someone will own the config file. Write that name down. If the name is “we’ll figure it out,” buy Copilot and stop pretending you run a platform. Pick Continue when a named person owns the YAML. Pick Copilot when nobody will. Document allowed models. Surprise local weights are how two teammates debug two different worlds.

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About Continue

Continue lets you stay in the IDE and swap the brain. Local, API, or mixed. The win is control. The cost is setup: model configs, context providers, team conventions. If nobody wants to own that, a managed product will feel better on day one.

Zero-setup agent polish is Cursor. GitHub-only procurement is Copilot. Private on-prem completion is often Tabnine. Huge monorepo search heritage is Cody. Continue is “we own the stack,” not “buy a seat and forget.”

You will spend a Saturday on YAML. That Saturday is the product. If you resent it, leave.

Document the allowed models. Surprise local weights are how two teammates get two different answers to the same bug.

Check the config into the repo with comments. A plugin stack that lives only on one laptop is not a team tool. It is a hobby that will vanish on the next machine. If the YAML is not in git, the stack does not exist.

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