Human-in-the-loop for Continue
Continue is the open-source coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains, configured through a single config.yaml. Add Orako under mcpServers and Continue's agent mode can ask the domain owner when a decision needs a human, then keep working with the claimed answer.
Connect Orako to Continue
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Add the mcpServers block below to config.yaml (or through the Continue UI).
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Switch to agent mode:
ask_specialistandsearch_knowledgejoin the tool list. - 03
Human-only decisions route through Orako; the session resumes on the answer.
mcpServers:
- name: Orako
command: orako
args: ["mcp", "--server", "https://app.orako.io"]
env:
ORAKO_TOKEN: <your token>MCP tools run in Continue's agent mode only; switch modes before testing. Secrets can also come from Continue's secret store instead of inline env.
New to MCP in Continue? See Continue’s docs.
What Continue can ask
Continue's agent mode, with your team on the tool list.
Requirements that live in someone's head
The spec says "like the old export but better." Continue asks the PM what better means, gets a claimed answer, and builds that.
JetBrains and VS Code, same loop
Continue runs in both IDE families with the same config.yaml, so one Orako entry gives every editor in the team the same ask-a-human tool.
Onboarding questions that stop repeating
New contributors' agents ask the same setup questions. After the first claimed answer, search_knowledge serves it from the knowledge base instead of pinging the maintainer again.
Continue + Orako, answered
Does Continue support MCP natively?
Yes. MCP servers are a top-level mcpServers list in config.yaml, each with a name, command, args, and optional env. Continue exposes those tools in agent mode, which is where an ask-a-human tool belongs.
Why don't I see Orako's tools in chat mode?
By design: Continue only runs MCP tools in agent mode. Switch the mode selector to agent and the Orako tools appear. Chat and edit modes never call tools, so they can't ask anyone anything.
Do my teammates need this agent installed to answer?
No. Only the developer running the agent connects Orako. The people answering receive each question in Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, or the Orako dashboard, claim it there, and reply in the thread. They never touch an editor, a terminal, or an MCP config.
What happens to the answers?
Every resolved conversation is saved to your organization's knowledge base with a confidence score. Agents call search_knowledge before asking, so a question your team already answered is served from the knowledge base instead of pinging anyone again.
Put a human in the loop for Continue
Give Continue the one thing it can’t generate: the answer only your team knows.