# Continue Foundation

> Use when building IDE autocomplete/inline-suggestion engines or their config layer: FIM prompt templating with token pruning, generator reuse across keystrokes, stream-filter heuristics, prefix-keyed LRU caching, next-edit edit-prediction, the YAML→runtime config compilation ladder plus its lifecycle plumbing, and the tool plane: gating/serialization boundary, never-reject dispatch funnel, four-family permission taxonomy with monotone clamping, terminal-security veto, MCP manager diff-reconcile and connect state machine, SSE OAuth token attach, login-shell PATH resolution for stdio servers, and a markdown-fence tool-call grammar for models without native tool calling.

- Skill: `ryan-brosas/continue-foundation` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 66 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ryan-brosas/continue-foundation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ryan-brosas/continue-foundation/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: ryan-brosas (https://skillmd.com/u/ryan-brosas)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ryan-brosas/continue-foundation

---

# Continue: Autocomplete & Next-Edit Foundation

## Foundation contract

This is a cold, source-specific foundation, not an operational procedure. It is
historical, revision-pinned evidence rather than timeless guidance. Current
project source, tests, requirements, and runtime behavior outrank this
projection and decide what ships.

## Provenance and revision

- Source record: `continue`; portable upstream identity, license, coverage caveats, and retrieval history are preserved in the index.
- Recorded revision: `main@5522c6f44ca0ac3528b37244818fbfa39b5af470`.
- Full provenance, coverage caveats, boundaries, and preserved evidence:
  `references/index.md`.

## Topic map

- Representative topics: Pipeline & caching; Streaming & reuse; Prompt & token
  budget; Output safety; Static & next-edit; Snippet gathering & streaming
  internals; Token accounting; Next-edit context plane.
- Scope and retrieval questions: `references/index.md#use-this-for`.
- Complete capsule chooser: `references/index.md#load-the-matching-source-dump`.
- Detailed grouped map: `references/index.md#capsule-map`.
- Source limitations and portability boundaries: `references/index.md#boundaries`.

## Retrieval

Open the index, choose one capsule matching the active question, and load only
that capsule. Revalidate its cited source and revision before relying on it. Do
not bulk-load the inventory, treat historical claims as current truth, or apply
this foundation as a procedure.