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Everything you need to plug CheapAI into your tooling — setup guides for popular agents, API reference, FAQ.

Continue

Extension for VS Code and JetBrains

Install the Continue extension, then create an API key on the Keys page.

Open ~/.continue/config.yaml and add the models. Roles tell Continue what each model is for.

yaml

models:
  - name: Opus 4.8
    provider: openai
    model: claude-opus-4-8
    apiBase: https://cheapai.io/v1
    apiKey: <ваш ключ>
    roles: [chat, edit, apply]

  - name: Haiku 4.5
    provider: openai
    model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
    apiBase: https://cheapai.io/v1
    apiKey: <ваш ключ>
    roles: [autocomplete]

provider must be openai - there is no separate "custom" provider. The gateway is selected by apiBase, not by the provider name.

Continue moved from config.json to config.yaml. Older guides on the web still show JSON - that format no longer applies.

A cheap model for autocomplete saves a lot: it fires on almost every keystroke. See prices in the catalog.