Recommended Models for Chat in Continue

Choose the best chat model for Continue, including hosted high-performance options, fast speed/quality tradeoffs, and local privacy-first models.

The model you use for Chat mode will be:

• used with Edit mode by default but can be switched
• always used with Agent mode if the model supports tool calling

Model Recommendations

For a comprehensive comparison of all available models by role, see our model recommendations table.

For model recommendations, please refer to our Model Recommendations page.