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An open-source AI coding assistant with MCP support, model-provider flexibility (any provider, any model), and self-hostable server. Popular where vendor-neutrality is a hard requirement.
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- Cursor
An AI-first code editor (fork of VS Code) with tight LLM integration for autocomplete, chat, agent mode, and MCP tool support. Widely adopted in 2025-2026 by developer teams shipping agentic workflows.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
An open protocol authored by Anthropic that standardizes how LLM applications discover, invoke, and stream from external tools, resources, and prompt templates. MCP treats tool discovery as a first-class runtime concern rather than requiring per-integration glue code.
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Call this framework and its tools from your own agent via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Zed, Continue, and the OpenAI Agents SDK.
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Continue is part of the Agentic AI vocabulary used in the Generative AI Maturity Framework. See the full glossary for the complete set of 149 defined terms, or take the free maturity assessment to see where your organisation stands.