https://github.com/curtisalexander/continue-retool
Retooling Continue with our own local MCP servers (shell, search, edit, gateway) — replacing built-in agent tools
https://github.com/curtisalexander/continue-retool
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Retooling Continue with our own local MCP servers (shell, search, edit, gateway) — replacing built-in agent tools
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/curtisalexander/continue-retool
- Owner: curtisalexander
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-07-01T19:39:27.000Z (11 days ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-07-01T20:17:37.000Z (11 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-01T21:25:01.713Z (11 days ago)
- Topics: agent-tools, continue, mcp
- Language: Python
- Homepage: https://curtisalexander.github.io/continue-retool/
- Size: 93.8 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# continue-retool
Retooling [Continue](https://continue.dev) with our own tools — a set of local
MCP servers that replace built-in agent tools (terminal, search, edit) with
sharper, more controllable versions, plus a progressive-disclosure gateway and a
tool-factory skill for growing the kit.
The premise: the default agent tools are fine, but *your own* tools can be more
Unicode-robust, cheaper on tokens, and safer to grant — and once you can build
one MCP, you can build the rest.
## What's here
- **[`continue-mcp/`](continue-mcp/)** — the code: a starter kit of MCP servers
you enable in Continue.
- `hello-mcp/` — start here; proves MCP is enabled in your build
- `shell-mcp/` — the flagship terminal runner (async, background jobs, tree-kill, timeouts)
- `search-mcp/` — ripgrep-backed search, replaces built-in Grep/Glob
- `edit-mcp/` — Unicode-robust edit, replaces built-in Edit/Create file
- `gateway-mcp/` — progressive disclosure: many tools behind 3 meta-tools
- `skills/new-mcp-tool/` — the "ouroboros" tool factory
- **[`continue-mcp-toolkit.md`](continue-mcp-toolkit.md)** — the design doc. Read this first.
- **[`continue-mcp-token-strategy.md`](continue-mcp-token-strategy.md)** — which
built-in tools to replace, and the direct-vs-gateway token-cost tradeoff.
See [`continue-mcp/README.md`](continue-mcp/README.md) for the order of
operations and per-server setup.
## The site
The [project site](https://curtisalexander.github.io/continue-retool/) is served
from `docs/` via GitHub Pages. The two design docs are rendered from their
markdown sources with [pandoc](https://pandoc.org) — after editing a `.md`,
regenerate the HTML with:
```bash
./build/build-docs.sh # requires pandoc; run from anywhere
```
`docs/index.html` (the landing page) is hand-maintained and not regenerated.
## License
[MIT](LICENSE)