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@@ -19,26 +19,26 @@ ## Task, not tab, auto-complete -### Edit in natural language - ### Get possible explainations Ask Continue about a part of your code to get another perspective -- `what might cause this error?` -- `what is the load_dotenv library name?` -- `how do I find running process on port 8000?` +- “how can I set up a Prisma schema that cascades deletes?” +- “where in the page should I be making this request to the backend?” +- “how can I communicate between these iframes?” + +### Edit in natural language Highlight a section of code and instruct Continue to refactor it -- `/edit Make this use more descriptive variable names` -- `/edit Rewrite this API call to grab all pages` -- `/edit Use 'Union' instead of a vertical bar here` +- “/edit migrate this digital ocean terraform file into one that works for GCP” +- “/edit change this plot into a bar chart in this dashboard component” +- “/edit rewrite this function to be async” ### Generate files from scratch Let Continue build the scaffolding of Python scripts, React components, and more -- `Create a shell script to back up my home dir to /tmp/` -- `Write a Python script to get Posthog events` -- `Add a React component for syntax highlighted code` +- “/edit here is a connector for postgres, now write one for kafka” +- “/edit make an IAM policy that creates a user with read-only access to S3” +- “/edit use this schema to write me a SQL query that gets recently churned users” ## Getting Started diff --git a/docs/docs/how-to-use-continue.md b/docs/docs/how-to-use-continue.md index 96c44228..66de7ee9 100644 --- a/docs/docs/how-to-use-continue.md +++ b/docs/docs/how-to-use-continue.md @@ -29,42 +29,82 @@ Here are tasks that Continue excels at helping you complete: Continue works well in situations where find and replace does not work (i.e. “/edit change all of these to be like that”) +Examples +- "/edit Use 'Union' instead of a vertical bar here" +- “/edit Make this use more descriptive variable names” + ### Writing files from scratch Continue can help you get started building React components, Python scripts, Shell scripts, Makefiles, Unit tests, etc. +Examples +- “/edit write a python script to get Posthog events" +- “/edit add a React component for syntax highlighted code" + ### Creating projects from scratch Continue can go even further. For example, it can help build the scaffolding for a Python package, which includes a typer cli app to sort the arguments and print them back out. +Examples +- “/edit use this schema to write me a SQL query that gets recently churned users” +- “/edit create a shell script to back up my home dir to /tmp/" + ### Fix highlighted code After selecting a code section, try to refactor it with Continue (e.g “/edit change the function to work like this”, “/edit do this everywhere”) +Examples +- “/edit migrate this digital ocean terraform file into one that works for GCP” +- “/edit rewrite this function to be async” + ### Ask about highlighted code or an entire file If you don't understand how some code works, highlight it and ask "how does this code work?" +Examples +- “where in the page should I be making this request to the backend?” +- “how can I communicate between these iframes?” + ### Ask about errors Continue can also help explain errors and offer possible solutions. You will need to copy and paste the error text into the text input though. +Examples +- “explain this error to me in human understandable way” +- "what are some ideas for how I might solve this problem?" + ### Figure out what shell command to run Instead of switching windows and getting distracted, you can ask things like "How do I find running process on port 8000?" +Examples +- "what is the load_dotenv library name?" +- "how do I find running process on port 8000?" + ### Ask single-turn open-ended questions Instead of leaving your IDE, you can ask open-ended questions that you don't expect to turn into multi-turn conversations. +Examples +- “how can I set up a Prisma schema that cascades deletes?” +- "what is the difference between dense and sparse embeddings?" + ### Editing small existing files You can highlight an entire file and ask Continue to improve it as long as the file is not too large. +Examples +- “/edit here is a connector for postgres, now write one for kafka” +- "/edit Rewrite this API call to grab all pages" + ### Tasks with a few steps There are many more tasks that Continue can help you complete. Typically, these will be tasks that don't involve too many steps to complete. +Examples +- “/edit make an IAM policy that creates a user with read-only access to S3” +- “/edit change this plot into a bar chart in this dashboard component” + ## When to not use Continue Here are tasks that Continue is **not** helpful with today: Binary files differdiff --git a/extension/README.md b/extension/README.md index b57aedb7..2d449b92 100644 --- a/extension/README.md +++ b/extension/README.md @@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ ### Get possible explainations Ask Continue about a part of your code to get another perspective -- `what might cause this error?` -- `what is the load_dotenv library name?` -- `how do I find running process on port 8000?` +- “how can I set up a Prisma schema that cascades deletes?” +- “where in the page should I be making this request to the backend?” +- “how can I communicate between these iframes?” ### Edit in natural language Highlight a section of code and instruct Continue to refactor it -- `/edit Make this use more descriptive variable names` -- `/edit Rewrite this API call to grab all pages` -- `/edit Use 'Union' instead of a vertical bar here` +- “/edit migrate this digital ocean terraform file into one that works for GCP” +- “/edit change this plot into a bar chart in this dashboard component” +- “/edit rewrite this function to be async” ### Generate files from scratch Let Continue build the scaffolding of Python scripts, React components, and more -- `Create a shell script to back up my home dir to /tmp/` -- `Write Python in a new file to get Posthog events` -- `Add a React component for syntax highlighted code` +- “/edit here is a connector for postgres, now write one for kafka” +- “/edit make an IAM policy that creates a user with read-only access to S3” +- “/edit use this schema to write me a SQL query that gets recently churned users” ## OpenAI API Key diff --git a/extension/media/edit.png b/extension/media/edit.png Binary files differindex 5e77c0ea..f4ca623c 100644 --- a/extension/media/edit.png +++ b/extension/media/edit.png diff --git a/extension/media/explain.png b/extension/media/explain.png Binary files differindex 196ab914..79e8ccc9 100644 --- a/extension/media/explain.png +++ b/extension/media/explain.png diff --git a/extension/media/generate.png b/extension/media/generate.png Binary files differindex 9d84e4ae..c16d9f9f 100644 --- a/extension/media/generate.png +++ b/extension/media/generate.png diff --git a/extension/package.json b/extension/package.json index 444372f8..0477a450 100644 --- a/extension/package.json +++ b/extension/package.json @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ { "id": "edit", "title": "Edit in natural language", - "description": "Highlight a section of code and instruct Continue to refactor it (e.g. `/edit Make this use more descriptive variable names`)", + "description": "Highlight a section of code and instruct Continue to refactor it (e.g. `/edit rewrite this function to be async`)", "media": { "image": "media/edit.png", "altText": "Empty image" @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ { "id": "explain", "title": "Get possible explanations", - "description": "Ask Continue about a part of your code to get another perspective (e.g. `how do I find running process on port 8000?`)", + "description": "Ask Continue about a part of your code to get another perspective (e.g. `where in the page should I be making this request to the backend?`)", "media": { "image": "media/explain.png", "altText": "Empty image" @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ { "id": "generate", "title": "Generate files from scratch", - "description": "Let Continue build the scaffolding of Python scripts, React components, and more (e.g. `Create a shell script to back up my home dir to /tmp/`)", + "description": "Let Continue build the scaffolding of Python scripts, React components, and more (e.g. `/edit here is a connector for postgres, now write one for kafka`)", "media": { "image": "media/generate.png", "altText": "Empty image" |
