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Configuring Ollama and Continue VS Code Extension for Local Coding Assistant

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Prerequisites

  • Ollama installed on your system. You can visit Ollama and download application as per your system.
  • AI model that we will be using here is Codellama. You can use your prefered model. Code Llama is a model for generating and discussing code, built on top of Llama 2. Code Llama supports many of the most popular programming languages including Python, C++, Java, PHP, Typescript (Javascript), C#, Bash and more. If not installed, you can install wiith following command:
ollama pull codellama 
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You can also install Starcoder 2 3B for code autocomplete by running:

ollama pull starcoder2:3b
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NOTE: It’s crucial to choose models that are compatible with your system to ensure smooth operation and avoid any hiccups.

Installing Continue and configuring

You can install Continue from here in VS Code store.

After installation, you should see it in sidebar as shown below:

Continue in VSCode

Configuring Continue to use local model

Click on settings icon:

Configure settings icon

Add configs:

{
      "apiBase": "http://localhost:11434/",
      "model": "codellama",
      "provider": "ollama",
      "title": "CodeLlama"
    }
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and also add tabAutocompleteModel too

"tabAutocompleteModel": {
    "apiBase": "http://localhost:11434/",
    "title": "Starcoder2 3b",
    "provider": "ollama",
    "model": "starcoder2:3b"
  }
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Update config

Select CodeLlama, which would be visible in dropdown once you add it in configuration

Pick modal added in dropdown

And you can also chat as normal as shown below

Chat

And you can also select a codeblock file and ask AI:

Code

Thanks for the support

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Top comments (2)

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Vex Vendetta

Does Continue collect your data ?

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Manjush

I think it depends.

You are not required to provide us with any personal data in order to use our open-source software.
However, to the extent you choose to interact with us directly or utilize one of our non-open-source offerings, we may collect the following categories of personal data you provide in connection with those offerings

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