REDDIT · REDDIT// 34d agoTUTORIAL

Continue agent mode hits Ollama JSON snag

A Reddit troubleshooting thread shows Continue working in chat and inline edit mode under VS Code + WSL + Ollama, then failing in Agent mode by dumping raw JSON into the chat. Continue’s docs point to the most likely cause: Agent mode requires working tool/function calling, and some Ollama-backed models or adapters still misbehave there.

// ANALYSIS

This looks less like a Windows or WSL bug and more like the rough edge of local agent stacks: chat works, but tool-calling is where compatibility breaks.

–Continue’s config reference says `tool_use` is required for Agent mode
–Continue’s Ollama guide warns that some Ollama models claim tool support but still fail in Agent mode
–The docs suggest switching to a model with confirmed tool support such as Llama 3.1 or Mistral if Agent mode keeps breaking
–A separate Continue GitHub bug reports the same JSON-only response symptom in the VS Code extension with Ollama
–Another Reddit commenter reports similar behavior outside WSL, which weakens the case that WSL itself is the root cause

// TAGS

continueollamaai-codingagentide

DISCOVERED

34d ago

2026-03-09

PUBLISHED

34d ago

2026-03-09

RELEVANCE

6/ 10

AUTHOR

ArisAth