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  "entry": {
    "kind": "extension",
    "slug": "continue",
    "name": "Continue",
    "vendor": "Continue",
    "description": "Continue is an open-source IDE extension that brings autocomplete, chat, and inline edits to VS Code and JetBrains using any LLM provider or local model. It's distributed on the VS Code Marketplace and JetBrains Marketplace, with the core engine published under an Apache 2.0 license, so teams can self-host the model layer and audit what the extension does on disk.\n\nIts declared capabilities include reading files in the open workspace and across configured context providers, writing edits back into source files when the user accepts a suggestion, making outbound network requests to the configured model and embedding providers, and accessing credentials stored in the IDE secret store. Continue does not request shell execution by default, which gives it a notably smaller blast radius than the fully-agentic extensions in the same category.\n\nFrom a risk standpoint, the extension is community-maintained and pairs filesystem write with credentials access — enough to match the credential-theft dangerous combination — but lacks the shell-execute capability that would push it into exfiltration territory. Teams adopting Continue should restrict its model providers to vetted endpoints and avoid pointing it at credentials that are not scoped to the developer's workstation.",
    "website": "https://continue.dev",
    "repository": null,
    "documentationUrl": null,
    "license": null,
    "version": null,
    "trustLevel": "community",
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      "filesystem:write",
      "network:outbound",
      "credentials:access"
    ],
    "packaging": {
      "manager": "vsix",
      "packageName": "Continue.continue"
    },
    "configFiles": null,
    "category": null,
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-02T18:21:41.256Z",
    "risk": {
      "score": 75,
      "band": "high",
      "signals": [
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          "id": "trust-community",
          "kind": "trust",
          "label": "Established community project",
          "contribution": -10
        },
        {
          "id": "high-risk-capabilities",
          "kind": "capability",
          "label": "2 high-risk capabilities: filesystem:write, credentials:access",
          "contribution": 20
        },
        {
          "id": "credential-theft-risk",
          "kind": "combination",
          "label": "Credential theft risk (high)",
          "description": "Filesystem write combined with credentials access can plant persistent credential stealers.",
          "contribution": 15
        }
      ],
      "dangerousCombos": [
        {
          "id": "credential-theft-risk",
          "name": "Credential theft risk",
          "description": "Filesystem write combined with credentials access can plant persistent credential stealers.",
          "capabilities": [
            "filesystem:write",
            "credentials:access"
          ],
          "severity": "high"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dangerousCombos": [
      {
        "id": "credential-theft-risk",
        "name": "Credential theft risk",
        "description": "Filesystem write combined with credentials access can plant persistent credential stealers.",
        "capabilities": [
          "filesystem:write",
          "credentials:access"
        ],
        "severity": "high"
      }
    ]
  }
}