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Continue is an open-source coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains: chat, autocomplete, edits over a selection. Models are set in a config file, and RuAPI plugs in as an openai provider with a changed apiBase — one address opens Claude, GPT, Gemini and the rest.

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Prerequisites

1

RuAPI account and API key

Console → Tokens → create an sk-... key. The balance tops up in USDT — see Top-up.
2

The Continue extension

Install Continue from the VS Code Marketplace or the JetBrains plugins.

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Setup

Open the Continue config (~/.continue/config.yaml) and add a model with the openai provider: 
models:
  - name: Claude via RuAPI
    provider: openai
    model: claude-opus-4-8        # exact names on the pricing page
    apiBase: https://www.ruapi.ai/v1   # with /v1
    apiKey: sk-YOUR_KEY
In the older config.json format the fields are the same, inside the models array: "provider": "openai", "apiBase": "https://www.ruapi.ai/v1", "apiKey", "model", plus "title" for the display name.
To add more models (say Haiku for autocomplete), copy the block and change model.

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Verify

Open Continue chat (Cmd/Ctrl + L), pick “Claude via RuAPI” and send a request. A reply plus an entry in RuAPI Console → Logs means it’s working.

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Troubleshooting

  • apiKey must be a RuAPI token (sk-...).
  • Check that apiBase is https://www.ruapi.ai/v1 with /v1, and provider is exactly openai.
model must match the RuAPI ID verbatim — see the pricing page.
For tab autocomplete, set a separate cheap, fast model (the Haiku family) and keep a strong one for chat.