Merge pull request #3144 from continuedev/nate/tools-docs

Nate/tools docs

.github/workflows/pr_checks.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+    paths:
+      - "extensions/vscode/**"
+      - "core/**"
+      - "gui/**"
+
 jobs:
   tsc-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

docs/docs/chat/how-to-customize.md

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ There are a number of different ways to customize Chat
 - You can create your own [custom code RAG](../customize/tutorials/custom-code-rag.md)
 - You can configure [`@Docs`](../customize/deep-dives/docs.md)
 - You can [build your own context provider](../customize/tutorials/build-your-own-context-provider.md)
+- You can configure and create custom [tools](../customize/tools.md)

docs/docs/customize/tools.md

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+---
+title: Tools
+description: Tool use and customization
+keywords: [tool, use, function calling, claude, automatic]
+---
+
+Tools allow Continue to take action in your IDE and beyond (when you give permission). Currently, they are only supported with [Anthropic](./model-providers/top-level/anthropic.md). To use tools, click on the icon in the input toolbar like below.
+
+![tools](/img/tool-use-example.png)
+
+To let you balance speed and safety, each tool can be set to 1 of 3 modes:
+
+- `Automatic`: When the LLM requests to use the tool, Continue will automatically call it and send the response to the LLM.
+- `Allowed`: When the LLM requests to use the tool, Continue will first give you the opportunity to "Cancel" or "Continue" with the tool.
+- `Disabled`: The LLM will not know about or be able to use the tool.
+
+### Custom tools
+
+Currently custom tools can be configured using the [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction), a standard proposed by Anthropic to unify prompts, context, and tool use. Read their [quickstart](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart) to learn how to set up a local server and then configure your `config.json` like this:
+
+```json title="~/.continue/config.json"
+{
+  "experimental": {
+    "modelContextProtocolServer": {
+      "transport": {
+        "type": "stdio",
+        "command": "uvx",
+        "args": ["mcp-server-sqlite", "--db-path", "/Users/NAME/test.db"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```

docs/sidebars.js

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ const sidebars = {
     },
     "customize/context-providers",
     "customize/slash-commands",
+    "customize/tools",
     "customize/development-data",
     {
       type: "category",