Continue

Autocomplete plugin. Settings live in a file, not a pretty window.

Three fields. Copy, don’t type

Do it in order. Don’t skip

1. Install the Continue extension in VS Code: Extensions on the left, search Continue, press Install.

2. Launch Continue once — it creates the config file for you.

3. Open that file: ~/.continue/config.yaml on macOS and Linux, C:\Users\YourName\.continue\config.yaml on Windows.

4. Find the models section and set four fields: provider: openai · apiBase: https://cheapai.lol/v1 · apiKey: your full key · model: claude-opus-4.8

5. The word openai in provider doesn't mean we call OpenAI — it names the protocol. The address is ours, in apiBase.

6. Save the file and restart VS Code.

7. Open the Continue chat and type “hi”.

Check

If it didn’t start

• “401 / unauthorized / invalid api key” — the key was not copied whole. It starts with sk- and has no space at either end.
• “model not found” / “named models unavailable” / model in red — the name must match exactly: claude-opus-4.8. Not “Opus 5”, not opus, not claude-3, not gpt-4.
• The app shows no models — reopen its settings page: the model list is served from our address and appears once the Base URL and key are right.
• “Connection error” / spinner and silence — wrong Base URL. Almost every app wants the address with a /v1 tail.
• “/v1/v1” in the error — the app appends /v1 itself. Drop the tail, leave the site address.
• It replied, then stopped — you ran out of tokens. The balance is in your dashboard. Topping up on FunPay from the same nick lands on the same key.

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