Models form the foundation of the entire agent experience, offering different specialized capabilities:
Model role | Best open models | Best closed models | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Agent Plan | GLM 4.5 (355B) GLM 4.5 Air (106B) | Closed models are slightly better than open models | |
Chat Edit | Closed and open models have pretty similar performance | ||
Autocomplete | Closed models are slightly better than open models | ||
Apply | N/A | Open models are not good enough for this model role | |
Embed | Qwen3 Embedding | Codestral Embed | Closed models are slightly better than open models |
Rerank | zerank-1 zerank-1-small Qwen3 Reranker | Relace Code Rerank | Open models are beginning to emerge for this model role |
Next Edit | N/A | Closed models are significantly better than open models |
chat
, edit
, apply
, autocomplete
, embed
, and rerank
.
Read more about model roles, model capabilities and view models
in the YAML Reference.
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionOPENROUTER_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionOPENAI_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionOPENROUTER_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionGEMINI_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionXAI_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionMISTRAL_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionOPENROUTER_API_KEY
as a User Secret on Continue Hub hereReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extensionReload config
in the agent selector in the Continue IDE extension