hindsight-continue

Continue.dev integration for Hindsight — persistent long-term memory for your coding assistant.

Continue has no plugin hook that runs before a message is sent, but it does support two native extension points that this integration uses:

1. HTTP context provider — type @hindsight <query> (or a bare @hindsight) in chat and relevant memory is recalled and injected into the model's context at query time. This package ships a tiny adapter server that implements Continue's HTTP context-provider contract on top of Hindsight recall.
2. MCP server + rules (optional) — wire the Hindsight MCP server into Continue's agent mode for retain/recall/reflect tools, with a rules file that tells the agent to recall automatically.

Prerequisites

• A running Hindsight instance (self-hosted via Docker or Hindsight Cloud)
• Continue (VS Code or JetBrains extension)
• Python 3.10+

Installation

pip install hindsight-continue

Quick start (HTTP context provider)

1. Run the adapter, pointing it at your Hindsight instance and bank:

export HINDSIGHT_API_KEY=hsk_...            # omit for a local self-hosted server
export HINDSIGHT_API_URL=http://localhost:8888   # defaults to Hindsight Cloud
export HINDSIGHT_CONTINUE_BANK_ID=my-project

hindsight-continue            # serves on 127.0.0.1:8123

2. Register it in Continue's config.yaml (~/.continue/config.yaml or a workspace .continue block):

context:
  - provider: http
    params:
      url: "http://127.0.0.1:8123/"
      title: hindsight
      displayTitle: Hindsight
      description: Recall long-term memory from Hindsight

3. Use it. In Continue chat, type @hindsight (optionally followed by what you want to recall) and the matching memories are added to the model's context.

The adapter receives Continue's request ({query, fullInput, options, workspacePath}), recalls from Hindsight, and returns context items shaped {name, description, content} — exactly what Continue expects.

Per-request bank override

The configured HINDSIGHT_CONTINUE_BANK_ID is the default. A request may target a different bank by sending options.bankId:

context:
  - provider: http
    params:
      url: "http://127.0.0.1:8123/"
      options:
        bankId: another-bank

Optional: automatic recall via MCP + rules

For hands-off recall/retain in agent mode, point Continue at the Hindsight MCP server and add a rule telling the agent to call it. Example assets are in examples/.continue/:

• examples/.continue/mcpServers/hindsight.yaml — the MCP server block
• examples/.continue/rules/hindsight.md — "always recall first" rule

Configuration

These can also be set programmatically via configure(...). See hindsight-continue --help for CLI flags.

Development

uv sync
uv run pytest tests -v -m 'not requires_real_llm'   # deterministic suite
uv run pytest tests -v -m requires_real_llm          # gated live E2E (needs a Hindsight server)

License

MIT