Continue + Chinese AI Models (2026)

Updated 2026-10-10 · verified against the live model list

Continue is the leading open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains — autocomplete, chat, and edits in your editor. Point it at NovAI and run all three on 121 Chinese frontier models, with five free and unlimited so high-volume autocomplete costs nothing.

Configure Continue

// ~/.continue/config.json
{
  "models": [
    {
      "title": "NovAI deepseek-v4-pro",
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "deepseek-v4-pro",
      "apiBase": "https://aiapi-pro.com/v1",
      "apiKey": "YOUR_NOVAI_KEY"
    }
  ],
  "tabAutocompleteModel": {
    "title": "NovAI glm-4.7-flash (free)",
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "glm-4.7-flash",
    "apiBase": "https://aiapi-pro.com/v1",
    "apiKey": "YOUR_NOVAI_KEY"
  }
}

1. Open Continue settings (Continue → Configure).
2. Add the OpenAI provider block above with your key.
3. Set the free flash model as the tab-autocomplete model to keep completions on the free tier.

Which model per feature

Troubleshooting

• No completions: confirm apiBase ends with /v1; test curl https://aiapi-pro.com/v1/models.
• 401: key not active or credits exhausted — top-up from $5, or switch to a free model.
• Slow autocomplete: use the free flash model for tab completion; reserve pro models for chat/edit.

Exact live prices for all 121 models: leaderboard (machine-readable JSON). NovAI charges 0% platform fee — you pay the raw provider list price.

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