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Jul 18 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Here's how you can use the @huggingface provider in Cline 🤗

(thread) Image Follow the link to create your Access Token (create an account if you don't have one yet) Image
Jul 11 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
What we're seeing from coding agent companies:

They're abandoning RAG (via vector embeddings) for code exploration.

Why?

Code doesn't think in chunks, and it confuses the agent.

& codebase context that's gathered like a senior developer would leads to better outcomes. 🧵 When you embed code, you're literally tearing apart its logic. A function call in chunk 47, its definition in chunk 892, the context that explains why it exists scattered across a dozen fragments.
Jul 2 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
When your AI coding agent goes off track, your instinct is to course-correct. To explain what you really meant. To clarify, rephrase, add constraints.

But you're swimming upstream. Each correction adds more context pollution.

There's a better way -- using message checkpoints 🧵 Research from Microsoft and Salesforce just confirmed what we've been seeing: LLMs experience a 39% performance drop when you try to guide them through multiple conversation turns versus giving complete context upfront.

This fundamentally changes how we should think about AI interactions.Image
Jun 30 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
5 MCP Servers We Recommend

Our new guide to the MCP starter pack demonstrates how to integrate web search, live documentation, and browser automation directly into your Cline workflow. Equip Cline with the right context at the right time. 🧵 Image 1. Supercharge your AI's knowledge with the Perplexity MCP. Give Cline access to the entire web for up-to-date research, so you never have to leave your editor to find answers.
Jun 24 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Claude Max subscribers:

You can use your subscription in Cline instead of paying per-token API pricing.

Here's how you can set it up 🧵 Setup is simple:

1. Install Claude Code following Anthropic's guide
2. In Cline: Settings API Configuration > Select "Claude Code"
3. Set the path to your path to Claude Code CLI (can be just "claude") Image
Jun 14 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This chart from Artificial Analysis is the only thing you need to see to understand the state of AI in 2025.

The "best" model is a constantly moving target. 🧵 Image This is why we're seeing so much developer tool fatigue.

If your AI coding tool is locked into a single vendor, you're guaranteed to be falling behind the state-of-the-art for months at a time.
Jun 12 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
We actually didn't want to build a 'plan mode' in Cline. It went against our core principle of simplicity. But then we saw how our power users were using Cline, and it became clear we had to.

Some behind-the-scenes on Plan mode & why it's a critical paradigm in AI coding 🧵 Image Internally, and with our earliest users, we noticed a pattern. As the AI got more capable, people would instinctively say "wait, don't code yet" or "let me see a plan first." They needed a brake pedal for an AI that was too eager to help. Image
Jun 11 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
"Intelligence too cheap to meter is well within grasp"

Here's why we've been building Cline for this exact future -- where inference abundance, not scarcity, defines how developers work.

🧵 Image We made a deliberate choice:

While others architect around inference scarcity (caps, throttling, hidden operations), we built for abundance.

Why?
Jun 10 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Just pushed Cline v3.17.12

This release includes free Grok 3 access for 2 weeks, collapsible MCP panels, better file context, and more reliable diff edits.

Full details below. 🧵 For the next two weeks, we're offering free Grok 3 access in partnership with xAI.
Jun 6 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We turned a 50-question PDF on LLMs into a 10-episode lecture series, with Cline orchestrating the entire process.

Here’s a look at the workflow that made it possible, using @GoogleDeepMind 2.5 Pro to process the PDF and @elevenlabsio MCP to generate the lectures. 🧵 It all started with this great resource on LLM basics shared by @omarsar0.
Jun 4 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Just shipped Cline v3.17.9 👇

More Claude 4 optimizations, task timeline navigation, and CSV/XLSX support 🧵 Image We've been fine-tuning how Cline works with Claude 4, focusing on search/replace operations. The latest optimizations use improved delimiter handling that's showing great results in our testing.
May 31 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
LLMs have static knowledge cutoffs. They don't know about library updates, new APIs, or breaking changes that happened after training. Context7 by @upstash bridges this gap by injecting real-time docs into Cline. 🧵 The reality: open-source libraries continue evolving past the knowledge cutoff date of even the latest frontier models. If you're using a library that updated in the last year, the AI is working with outdated information.
May 27 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Cline doesn't index your codebase. No RAG, no embeddings, no vector databases.

This isn't a limitation -- it's a deliberate design choice. As context windows increase, this approach enhances Cline's ability to understand your code.

Here's why.

🧵 Image The industry default: chunk your codebase, create embeddings, store in vector databases, retrieve "relevant" pieces.

But code doesn't work in chunks. A function call in chunk 47, its definition in chunk 892, the context that explains why? Scattered everywhere.
May 26 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
ICYMI: Here's what's new in Cline over the past couple weeks 🧵

(& a cline wallpaper if you're so inclined) Image First up -- Task Timeline in v3.15. Now you can see exactly what Cline is doing with a visual "storyboard" right in your task header. Every tool call, every file edit, all laid out chronologically. Hover for details.
May 22 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Anthropic's Claude 4 models are here.

Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 both show strong (& improved) coding abilities, with Sonnet 4 at 72.7% on SWE-bench and Opus 4 at 72.5%

What does this mean for developers using Cline? 🧵 Image Claude Opus 4 is engineered for complex, long-running agentic workflows. It's been trained to create and update 'memory files' (akin to context files in Cline), enhancing long-term task awareness. This power comes at a steep API cost ($15/$75 per 1M tokens). Image
May 16 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The playbook for AI engineering is being written as we speak. Success isn't magic, it's method. For dev teams looking to build better software, faster with AI, here are 5 foundational pillars to consider. 🧵 Image Pillar 1: Understand What AI Engineering Really Is.
It's evolved beyond copy-pasting. True AI engineering is deep, IDE-native collaboration, blending human insight with AI capabilities. Think of AI as a brilliant, fast, but forgetful pair-programmer.
May 15 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
If you're an engineer who's feeling hesitant or overwhelmed by the innovation pace of AI coding, this thread is for you.

Here's the 10% of fundamentals that will put you in the 90th percentile of AI engineers.

🧵/many First, a crucial mindset shift: stop treating AI like a vending machine for code. Effective AI Engineering is IDE-native collaboration. It's a strategic partnership blending your insight with AI's capabilities.

Think of AI as a highly skilled (but forgetful) pair programmer.
May 13 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Want to try Cline for free? @OpenRouter has free models that show a peek into the future of commodified inference.

Four models that are worth a try:

deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick:free
deepseek/deepseek-r1:free
qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b:free

🧵 Here's how you can get started using Cline with a free model from OpenRouter 👇
May 12 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
AI coding performance often dips when context windows exceed ~50% fullness, leading to errors or sluggishness.

Cline uses built-in context awareness + a customizable .clinerule to automatically trigger the new_task tool, keeping performance optimal.

Here's how it works: 🧵 Image As you work with Cline, the context window fills up -- with your prompts, Cline's responses, file contents, tool outputs, etc. Think of it like RAM. More context can be good, but too much can overwhelm.
May 11 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Just pushed Cline v3.15! Task timeline, Gemini Implicit Caching, Open-source docs, & much more

Here's what we've got for ya ↓ We've created a Task Timeline -- see Cline's workflow as a visual "storyboard" in your task header. Understand tool calls, file edits & more at a glance. Hover for instant summaries. Clarity for complex tasks, and built by one of our community contributors (thanks eomcaleb!)
May 9 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Here's how you can use the @firecrawl_dev MCP server to turn online docs into a functional .clinerule in minutes.

This makes Cline a pro in any library you're using. The core idea is simple:
1. Provide the URL of the documentation you want to process.
2. The @firecrawl_dev MCP scrapes and extracts the key information.