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docs: add recommended models section with best models by role
- Add comprehensive table comparing best open and closed models - Include models for Agent/Plan, Chat/Edit, Autocomplete, Apply, Embed, Rerank, and Next Edit roles - Provide notes on performance differences between open and closed models - Add links to specific models on Continue Hub
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![Model Blocks Overview](/images/customization/images/model-blocks-overview-36c30e7e01928d7a9b5b26ff1639c34b.png)
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## Recommended Models
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### Best Models by Role
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| Model role | Best open models | Best closed models | Notes |
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|------------|------------------|-------------------|--------|
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| Agent / Plan | Qwen 3 Coder (480B), Qwen 3 Coder (30B), Devstral (24B), GLM 4.5 (355B), GLM 4.5 Air (106B), Kimi K2 (1T), gpt-oss (120B), gpt-oss (20B) | Claude Opus 4.1, [Claude Sonnet 4](https://hub.continue.dev/anthropic/claude-4-sonnet), [GPT-5](https://hub.continue.dev/openai/gpt-5), [Gemini 2.5 Pro](https://hub.continue.dev/google/gemini-2.5-pro) | Closed models are slightly better than open models |
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| Chat / Edit | Qwen 3 Coder (480B), Qwen 3 Coder (30B), gpt-oss (120B), gpt-oss (20B) | Claude Opus 4.1, [Claude Sonnet 4](https://hub.continue.dev/anthropic/claude-4-sonnet), [GPT-5](https://hub.continue.dev/openai/gpt-5), [Gemini 2.5 Pro](https://hub.continue.dev/google/gemini-2.5-pro) | Closed and open models have pretty similar performance |
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| Autocomplete | QwenCoder2.5 (1.5B), QwenCoder2.5 (7B) | [Codestral](https://hub.continue.dev/mistral/codestral), Mercury Coder | Closed models are slightly better than open models |
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| Apply | N/A | [Relace Instant Apply](https://hub.continue.dev/relace/instant-apply), Morph Fast Apply | Open models are basically non-existent / not good enough for this model role |
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| Embed | N/A | Voyage Code 3, Morph Embeddings, Codestral Embed | Open models are basically non-existent / not good enough for this model role |
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| Rerank | zerank-1, zerank-1-small | rerank-2.5, Relace Code Rerank, Morph Rerank | Open models are beginning to emerge for this model role |
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| Next Edit | Zeta | Mercury Coder | Closed models are significantly better than open models |
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## Learn More About Model Blocks
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Continue supports [many model providers](/customize/model-providers/top-level/openai), including Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama, Amazon Bedrock, Azure, xAI, DeepSeek, and more. Models can have various roles like `chat`, `edit`, `apply`, `autocomplete`, `embed`, and `rerank`.

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