Continue CLI

Secret-free model configuration plus ephemeral environment injection through the secure launcher.

Mode	Protocols	Secret delivery
Secure launch	`openai-responses`, `openai-chat`	Child process environment

Prerequisites

Install the published @unlimgpt/cli package.
Setup signs you in and creates an API key if needed; the secret stays in the operating-system credential store.

Preview the YAML fields that would change: unlimgpt configure continue --dry-run.
Apply it: unlimgpt configure continue.
Start the CLI with unlimgpt launch continue -- cn --config ~/.continue/config.yaml; configure the IDE extension separately through its native secret UI.

Run unlimgpt launch continue -- cn --config ~/.continue/config.yaml. If you configured --profile work, use unlimgpt launch continue --profile work -- cn --config ~/.continue/config.yaml with your actual profile name. The --config flag opens the local YAML even when a different config was previously selected. In Continue CLI, use /model to select the UnlimGPT model, send “Reply with READY”, wait for a non-empty response, and confirm the request in API Activity. The wording may vary; the request uses credits.

Record the old key ID from unlimgpt keys list, then create a new key with unlimgpt keys create --name rotated-client.
Relaunch the client through UnlimGPT, send a request, and confirm it in API Activity. Revoke the old key only afterward.

Revoke a key on the API keys page after confirming the new connection; the old key immediately loses access.

Run the exact command printed after Undo: by configure. The CLI leaves later third-party edits intact.

Problem	Resolution
The YAML uses anchors or directives.	The CLI stops before writing; use guided setup so YAML semantics are preserved.
The IDE cannot read the shell variable.	That is expected for the extension: use Continue's native UI/Hub instead of a plaintext `.env`.

If the request fails, run unlimgpt doctor --client continue and see troubleshooting. Diagnostics do not replace a real request.

Run the guarded revert and remove the native Continue secret if you created one for the IDE.