Updates

3.17: Global Workflows, UX Improvements, and More

Nick Baumann

23 May 2025 — 2 min read

Cline v3.17 brings several solid improvements to enhance your development workflow. The highlight is Global Workflows – a feature many of you have been requesting – along with a redesigned settings interface and expanded provider support.

Global Workflows

The standout feature in this release is global workflows. If you've built a workflow that works brilliantly in one project, you can now share it across all your workspaces.

Here's how it works:

Global workflows live in ~/Documents/Cline/Workflows
Local workflows in .clinerules/workflows/ take precedence

What's New

Major Updates:

Global Workflows for sharing across projects
Claude 4 (Sonnet & Opus) support across all providers (Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI)
Redesigned settings page with tabbed interface
Nebius AI Studio integration (Thanks @Aktsvigun!)
Enhanced Act mode prompts with hotkey suggestions

Fixes & Improvements:

MCP server configuration fixes
Requesty provider model listing
Consolidated advanced settings
AWS Bedrock environment variable handling improvements (Thanks @DaveFres!)
Various stability improvements

Beyond the headline features, we've made several quality-of-life improvements:

Redesigned Settings Page: Split into tabs for easier navigation. When you're managing multiple API keys, model selections, and MCP configurations, organization matters. (Thanks to Yellow Bat @dlab-anton for this contribution!)

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Smart Act Mode Prompts: Cline now highlights and suggests hotkeys when the assistant prompts you to switch to Act mode. It's a small touch that makes the Plan/Act workflow more intuitive.

MCP Server Fix: Fixed a configuration bug that was preventing some MCP servers from initializing properly.

What's Next

Ready to try the improvements? Update Cline in VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf marketplace and let us know how the new features work for your workflow.

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