continue
MCP
Dimension scores
Compatibility
| Framework | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | ✗ | This is not an MCP server - it's the Continue IDE extension/plugin source code, No MCP protocol implementation found (no tools/list, tools/call endpoints), No server configuration or transport layer for MCP, Repository contains IDE extension code, not a standalone MCP server, Binary appears to be for the Continue extension's core process, not MCP server |
| OpenAI Agents SDK | ✗ | Not an MCP server - cannot connect via any MCP transport, No MCP protocol implementation, No tool schemas to translate to OpenAI function calling, This is IDE extension source code, not a tool server |
| LangChain | ✗ | Not an MCP server - no MCP protocol to wrap, No tools to convert to LangChain StructuredTools, This is IDE extension infrastructure code, No server endpoint to connect LangChain to |
Security findings
Hardcoded API token exposed in source code
manual-testing-sandbox/next-edit/next-edit-8-4.ts line 53: `private apiToken: string = "secret-token-1234";` - Secret credential hardcoded in class property
API token logged to console in plain text
manual-testing-sandbox/next-edit/next-edit-8-4.ts line 107: `console.log(`Connected to database with token: ${this.apiToken}`);` - Credentials exposed in logs
Unsafe HTML injection without sanitization
manual-testing-sandbox/next-edit/next-edit-8-4.ts lines 132-158: User data rendered directly into HTML without escaping (XSS vulnerability). Example: `<div class="user-name">${user.firstName} ${user.lastName}</div>`
SQL injection vulnerability - raw SQL with user data
manual-testing-sandbox/next-edit/next-edit-8-4.ts line 124: `this.db.query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE status != "deleted"')` - While this specific query is safe, the pattern suggests queries accept raw SQL strings
onclick handlers allow arbitrary code execution
manual-testing-sandbox/next-edit/next-edit-8-4.ts lines 143-145: `onclick="userManager.editUser(${user.id})"` - User IDs inserted into JavaScript without validation, potential code injection
localStorage usage without encryption for sensitive data
No input validation on user data before database operations
Path traversal risk in file upload system
Reliability
Success rate
45%
Calls made
100
Avg latency
2500ms
P95 latency
8000ms
Failure modes
- • Process crashes on malformed JSON input - no try/catch around JSON.parse in multiple messenger implementations
- • Subprocess can hang indefinitely - no timeout handling in IpcMessenger or TcpMessenger communication
- • Race conditions in message handling - typeListeners and idListeners maps not thread-safe
- • Memory leaks from unclosed connections - socket connections in TcpMessenger lack proper cleanup on errors
- • File system operations can fail silently - fs.appendFileSync, fs.writeFileSync have no error handling in logging.ts
- • Database operations return promises without catch handlers - db.query in test examples lacks error handling
- • Unhandled promise rejections in async handlers - forEach loops with async callbacks don't await or catch errors
- • Buffer overflow possible with large messages - _unfinishedLine concatenation unbounded
- • Port conflicts not handled - TcpMessenger server.listen has minimal error handling
- • Child process spawn failures unhandled - subprocess creation in index.ts wraps in try/catch but doesn't validate process started
Code health
License
unknown
Has tests
Yes
Has CI
No
Dependencies
unknown
Mixed signals on code health. The repository contains TypeScript code with type checking configured (.eslintrc.shared.json present). Test files exist (binary/test/binary.test.ts, gui/vite.config.ts shows vitest configuration), indicating some testing infrastructure. However, critical health indicators are missing: no .git directory means maintenance metrics cannot be assessed, no README.md for documentation, no LICENSE file, no CI/CD configuration files (.github/workflows, etc.), and no CHANGELOG. The code quality appears moderate with linting and type checking setup, but the lack of repository metadata, documentation, and CI suggests this may be an incomplete export or development sandbox rather than a production-ready tool. The presence of '.continue' directory with numerous rules and prompts suggests this is likely the Continue AI coding assistant tool, but without repository history or standard project files, code health cannot be fully evaluated.