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Install Cairn in Continue

What you need first

  • Continue, installed.
  • Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
  • Your own values for YOUR_CAIRN_DB_HOST,YOUR_CAIRN_DB_PASS.

Steps

  1. Open ~/.continue/config.yaml. On Windows it is %USERPROFILE%\.continue\config.yaml.
  2. Add this entry. If the file already has mcpServers, add only the item from - name on.
mcpServers:
  - name: "cairn-mcp"
    type: stdio
    command: "docker"
    args:
      - "run"
      - "-i"
      - "--rm"
      - "-e"
      - "CAIRN_DB_HOST"
      - "-e"
      - "CAIRN_DB_PASS"
      - "ghcr.io/jasondostal/cairn-mcp:0.21.2"
    env:
      "CAIRN_DB_HOST": "YOUR_CAIRN_DB_HOST"
      "CAIRN_DB_PASS": "YOUR_CAIRN_DB_PASS"
  1. Replace YOUR_CAIRN_DB_HOST,YOUR_CAIRN_DB_PASS with your own values.
  2. Save the file and restart Continue.

Check it worked

Ask Continue: List the tools of cairn-mcp.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Continue.
The server starts, but its tools fail
A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.
Nothing changes after a restart
The file is not valid YAML any more. Check that the entry is indented like the lines around it.

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