Use Tokun with Continue
Connect Continue to Tokun using your API key and a supported model.
Overview
Continue, the VS Code and JetBrains assistant, uses Tokun as a model through its OpenAI-compatible provider. Your Continue workflow stays the same, and requests use Tokun's pricing and model routing.
Before you start
- A Tokun API key (starts with
sk-) from the API keys page. - A funded Tokun balance.
- Continue, installed in your editor.
- A model ID, such as
anthropic/claude-opus-4-8.
Quickstart
In your Continue config (~/.continue/config.yaml), add a Tokun model under models:
models:
- name: Tokun Opus
provider: openai
model: anthropic/claude-opus-4-8
apiBase: https://api.tokun.sh/v1
apiKey: sk-...Reload Continue and select the Tokun model.
Set up with an AI assistant
Paste this prompt into your AI coding agent. It reads the setup guide at /llms.txt and sets up Continue for you. You only need to provide your API key.
Read https://tokun.sh/llms.txt and integrate Tokun into this project.You are helping the user configure Continue to use Tokun. Edit ~/.continue/config.yaml and add a model:
models:
- name: Tokun Opus
provider: openai
model: anthropic/claude-opus-4-8
apiBase: https://api.tokun.sh/v1
apiKey: <the Tokun sk- key>
Notes:
- provider MUST be "openai" (the OpenAI-compatible path); apiBase keeps the /v1 suffix.
- The key is a Tokun sk- key, NOT an OpenAI/Anthropic key.
- Reload Continue after saving.Set up manually
The Tokun model is defined in ~/.continue/config.yaml with provider: openai, apiBase: https://api.tokun.sh/v1, and your key. To roll back, remove the model entry.
Model IDs
Set model to any Tokun model ID in lab/model format, such as anthropic/claude-opus-4-8 or openai/gpt-5.5. Tokun never substitutes a different model: an unknown ID returns an error.
Official model pools
Official model pools appear in the model catalog and use a pool ID such as flash-pool. Choose an available pool from the live catalog; pool names and members are configured by Tokun administrators.
When the pool enables member selection, use pool-id/member-name, replacing the model's lab prefix with the pool ID. The selected member is the only model that can execute; the pool's pricing mode still applies. When selection is disabled, this form returns 400.
- Fixed token pricing uses the pool's input, output, cache and context-tier rates for every member, including a member you select yourself.
- Actual model pricing uses the serving member's price, frozen before the request. A retry to another member uses that member's frozen price.
- Fixed per-request pricing charges once after an upstream success response begins. Missing usage, a partial response or a client disconnect after that point still counts once. Failures before success and unsuccessful retries do not add charges.
Use a pool that lists the API format this client sends. Model pool settings in the live catalog control which members are shown and whether member selection is available.
Troubleshooting
provider: openai (the OpenAI-compatible path) and keep the /v1 suffix on apiBase (https://api.tokun.sh/v1). The key is your Tokun sk- key.| Symptom | Likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
401 / auth error | Wrong or missing key | Use your Tokun sk- key as apiKey. |
402 / payment required | Empty Tokun balance | Top up on the Billing page. |
Model not found | Wrong model ID | Set model to a lab/model ID, such as anthropic/claude-opus-4-8. |