Guides
How to Think about Context Engineering in Cline
The Cline Context Playbook: when to use Deep Planning, Focus Chain, Auto Compact, /smol, /newtask, and Memory Bank
Latest
Insights
Focus: attention isn’t enough
Bigger context windows don’t stop coding agents from drifting. Cline’s new Focus Chain keeps every step anchored to the goal — so even the longest tasks finish exactly where they’re meant to.
Updates
Cline v3.25: The Coding Agent Built for Hard Problems
In v3.25, Cline never lets go of the thread.
Two Ways to Advantage of Claude Sonnet 4's 1M Context Window in Cline
Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1 million tokens of context – a 5x increase from the previous 200K limit.
Updates
OpenAI's GPT-5 is here. What can you expect from it in Cline?
The most intelligent and reliable coding model from OpenAI is now available in Cline – and it's half the price of Sonnet 4.
Comparisons
Top 9 Cursor Alternatives in 2025: Best Open Source AI Dev Tools for Developers
Explore top 9 Cursor AI alternatives for 2025, with open source, no-limit coding assistants that support local models and streamline workflows.
Instant Code Generation is Here: Cline x Cerebras
Every developer knows the feeling. You're in flow, building something complex, and then – you wait. The model thinks. You watch the tokens slowly stream in. Your mind wanders. By the time the response arrives, you've lost your train of thought. Today, that changes. We're
Comparisons
Explore Claude Code Alternatives for Agentic Coding Workflows
Explore Claude Code alternatives for agentic coding. Open source, affordable tools with local model support, no usage limits, and VS Code compatibility.
Cline Raises $32M Building the Open-source AI Coding Agent that Enterprises Trust
Cline has raised $32M in combined Series A and Seed funding, led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, with participation from 1984 Ventures
Insights
The Economic Realities of Commodity Subscription Models
The age of AI coding subscriptions is ending. Not because companies want it to, but because the economics force it. When you can arbitrage a subscription in a commodity market, the market will take full advantage. Direct usage-based pricing is the only market-efficient outcome.
Insights
Moonshot's Kimi K2 for Coding: Our First Impressions in Cline
Test Kimi K2, the open-source model achieving 65.8% on SWE-bench. Available now in Cline.
Guides
How to use Cline from Cursor or Windsurf
Whether it be an Anthropic API key or using the Cline provider for inference, you can expect to pay what the provider charges for their inference, and none more. Cline doesn't charge any platform fees.