Use AnimatedWebs in Continue

Set up AnimatedWebs in Continue

Server address: https://mcp.animatedwebs.com

1. 1

   Copy your API key

   Open the developer page of your AnimatedWebs dashboard and copy the aw_ key. Free accounts have one.

2. 2

   Edit config.yaml

   Add the entry to the mcpServers list of your Continue config. Keep the two-space indentation, because YAML is strict about it.

   config.yamlCopy

   mcpServers:
     - name: AnimatedWebs
       type: streamable-http
       url: https://mcp.animatedwebs.com
       requestOptions:
         headers:
           Authorization: Bearer aw_your_key

3. 3

   Switch to agent mode

   Continue's docs say MCP can only be used in agent mode, so pick agent in the chat mode selector.

4. 4

   Ask for a template

   Describe the site you want. Continue calls the AnimatedWebs tools and shows each call.

Your API key is on the developer page of your dashboard. Every account has one, free accounts included.

Check that it works

• Check with a prompt. Ask it to run the get_account tool from the animatedwebs server. A reply with your plan and today's usage means the connection and your sign-in both work.
• If the tool call never happens, confirm you are in agent mode and that the YAML parses.

Three requests to try

Paste one into Continue. Each one makes it call real AnimatedWebs tools.

Use the AnimatedWebs MCP server to find a template for a community food bank and outline the page sections.

Search AnimatedWebs backgrounds for a hero loop for a mountain lodge and give me the link and a video tag.

Get the AnimatedWebs style reference for a Vercel-like site and write a tailwind.config theme from it.

If something goes wrong in Continue

Nothing happens when you ask for a template

MCP works only in agent mode. Switch the mode selector from chat to agent.

The server entry is ignored

Check the YAML indentation and that type is streamable-http. Continue accepts sse, stdio and streamable-http.

You get a 401

Check the Authorization line under requestOptions, headers: it must read Bearer, a space, then the aw_ key.

You prefer a separate file

Continue also reads files in .continue/mcpServers/ that start with name, version and schema fields. Its docs show that layout for a local server; the mcpServers entry itself is the same shape.

Questions about Continue and AnimatedWebs