Cline

Cline (formerly Claude Dev) is an open-source autonomous coding agent. The Cline VS Code extension has 5M+ installs; JetBrains is in early access; the Cline CLI is also available. Edits files, runs commands, uses the browser, and federates to multiple LLM providers. An MCP Marketplace extends Cline with custom tools. There is also a hosted/managed offering (Cline.bot) with free and paid tiers plus enterprise sales.

Cline publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Agents, VS Code, and JetBrains.

Cline’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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16.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

5 APIs

Artificial Intelligence Developer Tools Agents VS Code JetBrains CLI MCP Open-Source

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 16.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20

Access Clarity 5.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cline VS Code Extension

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code. Reads/writes files, runs commands, browses the web, calls MCP tools, and connects to LLM providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, O...

Cline JetBrains Plugin

Early-access JetBrains plugin offering the same agent surfaces.

Cline CLI

Headless terminal version of the Cline agent.

Cline MCP Marketplace

Marketplace for MCP servers/tools that extend the Cline agent.

Cline Hosted (Cline.bot)

Hosted/managed Cline product with free and paid tiers plus enterprise sales.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cline Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cline Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cline Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cline Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Cline Vulnerability Disclosure

Bugcrowd · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cline
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cline/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Cline
kind: company
description: Cline (formerly Claude Dev) is an open-source autonomous coding agent. The Cline VS Code extension has 5M+ installs;
  JetBrains is in early access; the Cline CLI is also available. Edits files, runs commands, uses the browser, and federates
  to multiple LLM providers. An MCP Marketplace extends Cline with custom tools. There is also a hosted/managed offering (Cline.bot)
  with free and paid tiers plus enterprise sales.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cline.png
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Developer Tools
- Agents
- VS Code
- JetBrains
- CLI
- MCP
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- AI
- Developer Tools
- Agent
- VS Code
- JetBrains
- CLI
- MCP
- Open Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: cline:vscode
  name: Cline VS Code Extension
  description: Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code. Reads/writes files, runs commands, browses the web, calls
    MCP tools, and connects to LLM providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Ollama, etc.).
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cline.bot/
  baseURL: https://cline.bot
  tags:
  - VS Code
  - Agents
  - Open-Source
  - MCP
  tags_raw:
  - VS Code
  - Agent
  - Open Source
  - MCP
  properties:
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/cline/cline
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cline.bot/
- aid: cline:jetbrains
  name: Cline JetBrains Plugin
  description: Early-access JetBrains plugin offering the same agent surfaces.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cline.bot/
  baseURL: https://cline.bot
  tags:
  - JetBrains
  - Agents
  - Beta
  tags_raw:
  - JetBrains
  - Agent
  - Beta
  properties:
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://cline.bot/
- aid: cline:cli
  name: Cline CLI
  description: Headless terminal version of the Cline agent.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cline.bot/
  baseURL: https://cline.bot
  tags:
  - CLI
  - Agents
  tags_raw:
  - CLI
  - Agent
  properties:
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/cline/cline
- aid: cline:mcp-marketplace
  name: Cline MCP Marketplace
  description: Marketplace for MCP servers/tools that extend the Cline agent.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cline.bot/
  baseURL: https://cline.bot
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Marketplace
  - Tools
  properties:
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://cline.bot/
- aid: cline:hosted
  name: Cline Hosted (Cline.bot)
  description: Hosted/managed Cline product with free and paid tiers plus enterprise sales.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cline.bot/
  baseURL: https://cline.bot
  tags:
  - Hosted
  - Software-as-a-Service
  tags_raw:
  - Hosted
  - SaaS
  properties:
  - type: Signup
    url: https://cline.bot/
  - type: Sales
    url: https://cline.bot/
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cline-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cline-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clinebot
- type: Website
  url: https://cline.bot/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/cline/cline
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cline.bot/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cline-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cline-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/cline-finops.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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