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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 AI, Developer Tools, Agent, VS Code, and JetBrains.

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

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18.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
5 APIs
AIDeveloper ToolsAgentVS CodeJetBrainsCLIMCPOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 18.3/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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
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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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
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:
- AI
- Developer Tools
- Agent
- VS Code
- JetBrains
- CLI
- MCP
- Open Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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