Skills for Continue

What is Continue?

Continue is a widely-used open-source AI coding assistant that runs inside VS Code and JetBrains, with chat, autocomplete, and agent modes you can point at any model. It reads project guidance from rules — markdown blocks configured under the .continue/ directory — which is where a SKILL.md's instructions live once adapted.

How to install a skill on Continue

• Find a skill in the catalog or filter by your use case.
• Clone or download the skill folder.
• Add its SKILL.md body as a Continue rule — e.g. a markdown file under .continue/rules/ in your project (confirm the current location in the Continue docs).
• Reload — Continue applies the rule as standing context.
• Want it everywhere? Add the rule to your global Continue config instead of the project folder.

Compatibility notes

Continue applies rules as plain markdown guidance, not SKILL.md frontmatter — so a skill's body ports directly while the YAML header is ignored. A few patterns to watch:

• allowed-tools: and other agent-specific frontmatter keys are ignored — Continue uses its own tool and model configuration.
• Keep each rule focused; Continue applies rules as standing context, so several small rules beat one giant file.
• Skills that are pure guidance (conventions, checklists, workflows) port most cleanly; script-running skills depend on Continue's agent-mode tools.