Cline 🤖
Cline is an open source AI coding agent that brings frontier AI models directly to your IDE. Unlike autocomplete tools, Cline is a true coding agent that can understand entire codebases, plan complex changes, and execute multi-step tasks. - Cline / github / 👤
see also
Long session are coslty because of the increased input token.
| Rank | Model Leaderboard ⮺ | Plan | Act | Price | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★★★★★ | deepseek/deepseek-flash | 2026-06-01 | 📝 | ▶ | Context: 1.0M free with a daily cap | cheapest / HN |
| ★★★★☆ | deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro | 2026-05-17 | ▶ | Context: 1.0M Input: $0.43/M Output: $0.87/M | cheap | |
| z-ai/glm-4.6 | 2026-04-03 | 📝 | ||||
| moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | 2026-05-17 | ▶ | Context: 262K Input: $0.73/M Output: $3.49/M | |||
| x-ai/grok-code-fast-1 | 2026-04-03 | ▶ | ||||
| ☆☆☆☆☆ | Gemma4 12B Coder | 2026-04-03 | ▶ | 16GB Local LLM setup |
# Notes
# Skills ⮺
Unlike Claude Code, which supports explicit commands such as /skill-name, Cline’s public documentation describes automatic triggering rather than a user-facing command to invoke a skill by name. If you want to ensure a particular skill is used, the recommended approach is to phrase your request so it clearly matches that skill’s description.
# Setup
- Native tools:
- Background edit: enabled
# Terminal
- background execution mode (avoid messing & be stuck within VSCode)
# CLI ⮺
prerequesite: needs Node 20+, see isntallation Getting Started
cline
- config - Opens an interactive configuration view
$ npm install -g cline
$ cline auth
Written on August 1, 2026, Last update on
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