Query input box stop working of custom content provider with config.ts after 0.8.47 of visual studio code and 0.0.64

[simonz4031]

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• [X] I believe this is a bug. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• [X] I'm not able to find an open issue that reports the same bug
• [X] I've seen the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs

Relevant environment info

- OS: Mac
- Continue: 0.0.68 on intellij and 0.8.48+ of visual studio code
- IDE: Both
- Model: Any
- config.ts:

const RagContextProvider: CustomContextProvider = {
  title: "rag",
  displayTitle: "RAG",
  description:
    "Retrieve snippets from our vector database of internal documents",

  getContextItems: async (
    query: string,
    extras: ContextProviderExtras,
  ): Promise<ContextItem[]> => {
    const response = await fetch("https://internal_rag_server.com/retrieve", {
      method: "POST",
      body: JSON.stringify({ query }),
    });

    const results = await response.json();

    return results.map((result) => ({
      name: result.title,
      description: result.title,
      content: result.contents,
    }));
  },
};

Description

No input box after select the custom content provider. but the 0.0.64 of idea and 0.8.47 of vsc works fine 0.8.47:

0.8.48+

To reproduce

1. write a custom content provider with query of type
2. install 0.8.48+ in vsc or 0.0.68 in idea
3. Type @ and select the custom provider, no query input box shown up.

Log output

can't find log in console and output tab of continue

[sestinj]

@simonz4031 is this still happening on 0.8.51? I'm on a Mac on 0.8.51 and seem to be able to use the URL context provider ok. Wondering if any other details might help me reproduce

[simonz4031]

@simonz4031 is this still happening on 0.8.51? I'm on a Mac on 0.8.51 and seem to be able to use the URL context provider ok. Wondering if any other details might help me reproduce

Yes, it still happened on 0.8.51, the predefined content provider like url able to show the query input box. only the custom content provider won't work, you can use the example in https://docs.continue.dev/customization/context-providers or use mini configuration something as

onst GitHubPRsContextProvider: CustomContextProvider = {
  title: "github-prs",
  displayTitle: "GitHub PRs",
  description: "Search and reference GitHub Pull Requests",
  type: "query",

  getContextItems: async (
    query: string,
    extras: ContextProviderExtras
  ): Promise<ContextItem[]> => {
    // For now, just return a dummy item to verify it's working
    return [{
      name: "Test PR",
      description: `Searched for: ${query}`,
      content: `This is a test PR for the query: ${query}`,
    }];
  },
};

export function modifyConfig(config: Config): Config {
  if (!config.contextProviders) {
    config.contextProviders = [];
  }
  config.contextProviders.push(GitHubPRsContextProvider);
  return config;
}