# Continue + Pear MCP guide

Add Pear to Continue as a remote `streamable-http` server. Use an API key for this
configuration path.

Server URL:

```text
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp
```

## Setup

Store `PEAR_API_KEY=pear_sk_...` in a local `.env`, `.continue/.env`, or
`~/.continue/.env`, then use Continue's secret interpolation so a real Pear API key
stays out of shared configuration:

```yaml
name: Pear MCP
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: Pear
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp
    requestOptions:
      headers:
        Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.PEAR_API_KEY }}
```

Reload Continue after changing configuration. Confirm Pear tools appear, test a
read-only request first, and rotate the key if it is ever pasted into a shared file.