Use Nock in your editor

01

Install Nock and add Nock Coder

pipx install nock-cli
nock add coder

Needs Python 3.9 or newer. Downloads about 1 GB once.

02

Start the local server

nock serve

Keep this terminal open. The address is http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1. It listens on this machine only, refuses requests from websites, and logs nothing you ask.

03

Connect Continue in VS Code

Install the Continue extension, open its config (~/.continue/config.yaml) and add this under models:

  - name: Nock Coder
    provider: openai
    model: nock-coder
    apiBase: http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
    apiKey: local
    roles: [chat, edit]

Pick Nock Coder in Continue's chat and ask something. The key can be any text; nothing checks it.

04

Any other tool

Anything that lets you set an OpenAI base URL can use the same three values: base URL http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1, any API key, model nock-coder.

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1", api_key="local")
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nock-coder",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Reverse a string in Python."}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)

It is a 1.5B chat model: it answers questions and writes code, but it cannot drive agent or tool modes. Review code before you run it. Slow answers? Run nock doctor to see which device the engine uses.