Which provider do I set for a custom OpenAI compatible API?

provider: openai, with apiBase set to https://aigrow.gg/v1 and apiKey to your key. The model field takes any id the endpoint serves, Claude ones included.

Where is config.yaml?

In ~/.continue/config.yaml on macOS and Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.continue\config.yaml on Windows. Continue opens it from the gear next to Local Config.

Why does Agent mode not offer my model?

Continue needs to know the model can call tools. Add capabilities: [tool_use] to its entry.

Continue with a custom apiBase

Add this entry to the models list in ~/.continue/config.yaml, and Continue runs on Claude, GPT and Grok models through your AIGROW key.

Buy API credit

Already have a code? Redeem it on API access, then create a key.

config.yaml, under models

models:
  - name: Claude Opus 5.5
    provider: openai
    model: claude-opus-5.5
    apiBase: https://aigrow.gg/v1
    apiKey: ag_your_key_here
    capabilities: [tool_use]

Swap ag_your_key_here for a key from API access.

Where the setting lives

macOS and Linux: ~/.continue/config.yaml
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.continue\config.yaml

A whole config.yaml

The file Continue opens from the gear next to Local Config. capabilities: [tool_use] lets the model work in Agent mode; useResponsesApi: false keeps a GPT model on chat completions, which the endpoint serves.

name: AIGROW
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
models:
  - name: Claude Opus 5.5
    provider: openai
    model: claude-opus-5.5
    apiBase: https://aigrow.gg/v1
    apiKey: ag_your_key_here
    roles: [chat, edit, apply]
    capabilities: [tool_use]
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      contextLength: 1000000
  - name: GPT-6 Astra
    provider: openai
    model: gpt-6-astra
    apiBase: https://aigrow.gg/v1
    apiKey: ag_your_key_here
    roles: [chat, edit, apply]
    capabilities: [tool_use]
    useResponsesApi: false

Which model to use

Put the id in exactly as it is written here.

Claude Opus 5.5claude-opus-5.5: The default in every block on this page, and the cheapest Claude model here per token sent and received. Context: 1,000,000 tokens.
Grok 4.7grok-4.7: The lowest output price here. Its context is half the size of the Claude models. Context: 500,000 tokens.
GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra: For a GPT model. It costs as much per token as Fable, more than Opus. Context: 1,050,000 tokens.
Claude Fable 5.1claude-fable-5.1: Costs more per token than Opus. Compare the two on the coding leaderboard before you switch. Context: 1,000,000 tokens.

The price list has every id and its credit rate, Claude API pricing has the list prices, and the coding leaderboard compares the models on coding prompts.

Check that it works

First the key on its own, then Continue with it.

The key

Ask for the model list. It needs a valid key and costs nothing.

curl https://aigrow.gg/v1/models -H "Authorization: Bearer ag_your_key_here"

A working key gets the list back:

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    { "id": "claude-opus-5.5", "object": "model", ... },
    { "id": "claude-fable-5.1", "object": "model", ... },
    { "id": "gpt-6-astra", "object": "model", ... },
    { "id": "claude-sonnet-5.5", "object": "model", ... },
    { "id": "gpt-6.1-sol", "object": "model", ... },
    { "id": "grok-4.7", "object": "model", ... },
    ...
  ],
  "has_more": false
}

Continue

Pick the model in the Continue chat and send this prompt.

Reply with the word ready

A working setup answers in the chat:

ready

When it fails

The Continue errors first, then the answers the endpoint gives any tool.

404 on a GPT model: Continue sends some GPT models to the Responses API, which the endpoint does not serve. Add useResponsesApi: false to that model.
The model will not run in Agent mode: Add capabilities: [tool_use] to the model, as in the block.
My tool says 401 or authentication error: The key is missing or mistyped. Copy it again from API access on the dashboard, and make sure it is sent as the key, not as a model name. A revoked key fails the same way: create a new one and swap it in.
I get 402 or a message about credit: Your balance is empty. Open API access on the dashboard, redeem a code or buy another pack, and the next request goes through. Nothing else needs to change.
It says 404 or Unknown model: The model has to be one the endpoint serves, for example claude-opus-5.5. The provider’s own spellings work too (claude-opus-5-5, anthropic/claude-opus-5.5), but a dated id or any model outside the catalogue is rejected before the request is forwarded, and nothing is billed. Request GET /v1/models with your key for the live list, or read the ids on the price list.
Requests are rejected with 429: The endpoint’s capacity is shared by every buyer: about 20 requests a minute and 4 at once. Each 429 carries a retry-after header, and the OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs wait that long and retry on their own. In a loop of your own, wait the seconds it names or lower your concurrency.
The model is unavailable right now: A 404 that says the model is not available right now means it is briefly down at the upstream provider, not a problem with your key or balance. Retry in a moment or send the request to another model.
I get a 502 or 503: A transient upstream or configuration hiccup, not a charge against your balance. Retry the request; if it keeps failing, reach us through the store and we will look into it.

What does not work through AIGROW

An embed role. The endpoint has no embeddings route, so codebase indexing needs another provider.
Live web search inside the model. A web search tool sent with a request is answered from what the model already knows, with no live results. A tool that fetches pages on your own machine still works.
Any endpoint past these three: /v1/messages, /v1/chat/completions and /v1/models. The Responses API, embeddings and token counting answer 404.
Router fields such as models, route, provider and plugins. They are dropped, so a request always goes to the one model it names.

What a month of Continue costs

Continue is billed per token at the credit rates in the price list. An agent sends the whole conversation again with each step, so a long task costs more than its last message suggests; the activity log on API access shows what each request cost.

Questions about Continue and a custom API

Which provider do I set for a custom OpenAI compatible API?: provider: openai, with apiBase set to https://aigrow.gg/v1 and apiKey to your key. The model field takes any id the endpoint serves, Claude ones included.
Where is config.yaml?: In ~/.continue/config.yaml on macOS and Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.continue\config.yaml on Windows. Continue opens it from the gear next to Local Config.
Why does Agent mode not offer my model?: Continue needs to know the model can call tools. Add capabilities: [tool_use] to its entry.

Sources: Continue Configuration · Continue config.yaml reference · Continue OpenAI provider. Read 21 October 2026.

Set up another tool

Claude CodeAnthropic protocol
Four environment variables, in the shell or in settings.json.
ClineOpenAI protocol
The OpenAI Compatible provider, four fields in the settings screen.
Roo CodeOpenAI protocol
The OpenAI Compatible provider, the same fields as Cline.
Kilo CodeOpenAI protocol
A custom provider in the Providers tab; the model list fills itself.
AiderOpenAI protocol
OPENAI_API_BASE and OPENAI_API_KEY, then openai/ before the model id.
OpenCodeOpenAI protocol
A provider block in opencode.json and the key through /connect.
ZedAnthropic and OpenAI protocols
An Anthropic compatible provider for Claude, an OpenAI compatible one for GPT and Grok.
GooseOpenAI protocol
The OpenAI provider with OPENAI_HOST, or a custom provider file.
Vercel AI SDKAnthropic and OpenAI protocols
The OpenAI Compatible provider for every model, or the Anthropic provider for Claude.
OpenAI Agents SDKOpenAI protocol
Your own AsyncOpenAI client, switched to chat completions, with tracing off.
LangChainAnthropic and OpenAI protocols
ChatOpenAI with base_url for every model, or ChatAnthropic for Claude.

The API guide has the SDKs, curl, the endpoints and the rate limits.

Paste the block and Continue runs on your credit.

Buy a credit pack, redeem the code from your email on API access, create a key and put it in place of ag_your_key_here.

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