# Continue

Continue reads MCP server config from YAML or JSON files in the `.continue/mcpServers/` directory at your workspace root. Add the Cakewalk gateway as one block. MCP only works in Continue's agent mode.

## Requirements

* Continue must be in **agent** mode to use MCP servers. Other modes do not call MCP tools.

## Install Method

YAML config file in the workspace `.continue/mcpServers/` directory.

## Step 1: Create the Config File

In your project root, create a file at `.continue/mcpServers/cakewalk.yaml`. The directory may not exist yet; create it.

## Step 2: Paste the Cakewalk Gateway Block

In the file, paste:

```yaml
mcpServers:
  - name: cakewalk
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://mcp-gateway.getcakewalk.io/mcp
```

Save the file.

## Step 3: Use the Server in Agent Mode

Switch Continue to **agent** mode. Continue picks up the new MCP server config on the next agent invocation.

## Verifying It Works

Ask the Continue agent to run a tool exposed by Cakewalk. For example, prompt: "List the connections I have access to through Cakewalk." A successful response means Continue connected to the gateway and discovered tools. In Cakewalk, the Continue card on **My Agents** flips to **Connected** after the first agent call.

## Troubleshooting

* **Continue does not see the server:** confirm the file is in `.continue/mcpServers/` at the workspace root, not in a subdirectory. Confirm the YAML parses cleanly.
* **Agent mode is not picking up the tool list:** restart Continue or switch out of and back into agent mode to force a config reread.

## Other Install Paths

Continue also accepts JSON config files alongside YAML in the same `.continue/mcpServers/` directory. The YAML form above is the documented primary path.

## Learn more

* [Model Context Protocol in Continue](https://docs.continue.dev/customize/deep-dives/mcp) from Continue.


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