@Docs (Deprecated)

Deprecated documentation context provider - use the new documentation awareness approach instead

This feature is deprecated. The @Docs context provider has been deprecated in favor of a more integrated approach to documentation awareness. Please refer to our Guide on Making Agent Mode Aware of Codebases and Documentation for the recommended approach.

Migration Guide

If you're currently using the @Docs context provider, please migrate to the new approach outlined in our codebase and documentation awareness guide. The new approach provides:

Better integration with Continue's Agent mode features
More intelligent context selection
Improved performance and accuracy

Legacy Documentation

Below is the original documentation for the @Docs context provider, preserved for reference

The @Docs context provider allows you to efficiently reference documentation directly within Continue.

How to Enable the @Docs Context Provider

To enable the @Docs context provider, add it to the list of context providers in your config.json file.

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

context:
  - provider: docs

How the @Docs Context Provider Works

The @Docs context provider works by

Crawling specified documentation sites
Generating embeddings for the chunked content
Storing the embeddings locally on your machine
Embedding chat input to include similar documentation chunks as context

How to Index Your Own Documentation

Note: Documentation configuration should now be done directly in your config.yaml file. The previous docs blocks functionality has been deprecated.

How to Add Documentation Through the @Docs Context Provider

To add a single documentation site, we recommend using the Add Documentation Form within the GUI. This can be accessed

from the @Docs context provider - type @Docs in the chat, hit Enter, and search for Add Docs
from the More page (three dots icon) in the @docs indexes section the @Docs context provider.

In the Add Documentation Form, enter a Title and Start URL for the site.

Title: The name of the documentation site, used for identification in the UI.
Start URL: The URL where the indexing process should begin.

Indexing will begin upon submission. Progress can be viewed in the form or later in the @docs indexes section of the More page.

Documentation sources may be suggested based on package files in your repo. This currently works for Python requirements.txt files and Node.js (Javascript/Typescript) package.json files.

Packages with a valid documentation URL (with a + icon) can be clicked to immediately kick off indexing
Packages with partial information (with a pen icon) can be clicked to fill the form with the available information
Note that you can hover over the information icon to see where the package suggestion was found.

How to Add Documentation in Configuration Files

For bulk documentation site adds or edits, we recommend editing your global configuration file directly. Documentation sites are stored in an array within docs in your global configuration, as follows:

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

docs:
  - title: Nest.js
    startUrl: https://docs.nestjs.com/
    faviconUrl: https://docs.nestjs.com/favicon.ico

See the config reference for all documentation site configuration options.

Indexing will re-sync upon saving the configuration file.

How to Configure @Docs Advanced Settings

How to Use Your Custom Embeddings Provider

If you have set up an embeddings provider, @docs will use your embeddings provider. Switching embeddings providers will trigger a re-index of all documentation sites in your configuration.

How to Configure Reranking for Better Results

As with @Codebase context provider configuration, you can adjust the reranking behavior of the @Docs context provider with the nRetrieve, nFinal, and useReranking.

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

context:
  - provider: docs
    params:
      nRetrieve: 25 # The number of docs to retrieve from the embeddings query
      nFinal: 5 # The number of docs chunks to return IF reranking
      useReranking: true # use reranking if a reranker is configured (defaults to true)

How to Set Up GitHub Token for GitHub Documentation

The GitHub API rate limits public requests to 60 per hour. If you want to reliably index GitHub repos, you can add a github token to your config file:

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

context:
  - provider: docs
    params:
      githubToken: <GITHUB_TOKEN>

How to Enable Local Crawling for Private Documentation

By default, Continue crawls documentation sites using a specialized crawling service that provides the best experience for most users and documentation sites.

If your documentation is private, you can skip the default crawler and use a local crawler instead by setting useLocalCrawling to true.

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

docs:
  - title: My Private Docs
    startUrl: http://10.2.1.2/docs
    faviconUrl: http://10.2.1.2/docs/assets/favicon.ico,
    useLocalCrawling: true

The default local crawler is a lightweight tool that cannot render sites that are dynamically generated using JavaScript. If your sites need to be rendered, you can enable the experimental Use Chromium for Docs Crawling feature from your User Settings Page. This will download and install Chromium to ~/.continue/.utils, and use it as the local crawler. Note: Chromium crawling support is being deprecated and may be removed in future versions.

Further notes:

If the site is only locally accessible, the default crawler will fail anyways and fall back to the local crawler. useLocalCrawling is especially useful if the URL itself is confidential.
For GitHub Repos this has no effect because only the GitHub Crawler will be used, and if the repo is private it can only be accessed with a priveleged GitHub token anyways.

How to Manage Your Documentation Indexes

You can view indexing statuses and manage your documentation sites from the @docs indexes section of the More page (three dots)

Continue does not automatically re-index your docs. Use Click to re-index to trigger a reindex for a specific source
While a site is indexing, click Cancel indexing to cancel the process
Failed indexing attempts will show an error status bar and icon
Delete a documentation site from your configuration using the trash icon

You can also view the overall status of currently indexing docs from a hideable progress bar at the bottom of the chat page

You can also use the following IDE command to force a re-index of all docs: Continue: Docs Force Re-Index.

Configuration Examples for Different Setups

How to Set Up @Docs in VS Code (Minimal Configuration)

The following configuration example works out of the box for VS Code. This uses the built-in embeddings provider with no reranking.

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

context:
  - provider: docs
  
docs:
  - title: Nest.js
    startUrl: https://docs.nestjs.com/

How to Set Up @Docs in JetBrains IDEs (Minimal Configuration)

Here is the equivalent minimal example for Jetbrains, which requires setting up an embeddings provider.

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

models:
  - name: LMStudio embedder
    provider: lmstudio
    model: nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5-GGUF
    roles:
      - embed
context:
  - provider: docs
docs:
  - title: Nest.js
    startUrl: https://docs.nestjs.com/

How to Set Up @Docs with Advanced Features (VS Code or JetBrains)

The following configuration example includes:

Examples of both public and private documentation sources
A custom embeddings provider
A reranker model available, with reranking parameters customized
A GitHub token to enable GitHub crawling

name: My Config
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1

models:
  - name: LMStudio Nomic Text
    provider: lmstudio
    model: nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5-GGUF
    roles:
      - embed
  - name: Voyage Rerank-2
    provider: voyage
    apiKey: <VOYAGE_API_KEY>
    model: rerank-2
    roles:
      - rerank
context:
  - provider: docs
    params:
       githubToken: <GITHUB_TOKEN>
       nRetrieve: 25
       nFinal: 5
       useReranking: true
docs:
  - title: Nest.js
    startUrl: https://docs.nestjs.com/
  - title: My Private Docs
    startUrl: http://10.2.1.2/docs
    faviconUrl: http://10.2.1.2/docs/assets/favicon.ico
    useLocalCrawling: true

This setup could also involve enabling Chromium as a backup for local documentation through the User Settings Page (Gear Icon).

@Codebase (Deprecated)How to Understand Hub vs Local Configuration