Coding Agent
cline/cline
cline/cline· TypeScript
Autonomous coding agent in VS Code with human-in-the-loop approval at every step
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- 2026-04-29
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Cline is a VS Code extension that turns your editor into an agentic coding workspace. It can read/write files, run terminal commands, drive a headless browser, and call MCP servers — but pauses for your approval before each action. Bring your own API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Bedrock, Ollama, etc.); install from the VS Code Marketplace and start a task in the side panel.
Editor's verdict
Pick Cline if you want to stay in VS Code and keep tight control over what an agent does — the per-step approval flow is genuinely safer than Cursor's agent mode for unfamiliar codebases. Trade-off: token usage is high (it re-reads context aggressively), so expect a real bill on Claude Sonnet. Skip it if you'd rather have a fully forked IDE experience (use Cursor/Windsurf) or a terminal-native agent (use Claude Code).