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Cline for AI Engineer is a custom version of the Cline extension for enterprise use cases with no telemetry. It integrates with Visual Studio Code and gives you an agentic workflow for planning changes, editing files, running terminal commands, and connecting to external tools through MCP.

  • Agentic workflow for planning, editing files, and running terminal commands
  • MCP support for external tools and data sources
  • Strong fit for autonomous fix and feature-completion loops
  • Best when you want a standard coding agent with broad integrations
  1. Download the Cline VS Code extension from AI Coding Plugins.
  2. If you are updating an existing installation, delete the old Cline extension folder from .vscode/extensions.
  3. In VS Code, open Extensions, open the three-dot menu, and choose Install from VSIX. Install an extension
  4. Select the downloaded file and reload VS Code.
  1. Open Cline for AIE Engineer
  2. Select Bring my own API Key and click Continue. Set up cline for AI Engineer
  3. In the welcome screen, set up the API Configuration. Configure API provider in cline for AI Engineer
    • Set the API Provider to OpenAI Compatible.
    • Set the Base URL to https://llm-server.llmhub.t-systems.net/v2/coding.
    • Generate an API key and paste it into the OpenAI Compatible API Key field.
    • Choose a model ID and paste it into the Model-ID field.
    • Click on Done

You can now start a chat and use Cline in VS Code.

After setup, Cline can fetch newly published versions automatically. When you start or reload VS Code and an update is available, a popup appears.

  1. Click Yes to download the latest version. Notification that a new Cline version is available with Yes and Later options
  2. After the download finishes, click Reload Now to restart the extension. Notification that Cline was updated successfully with a Reload Now button

After Visual Studio Code restarts, the latest Cline version is ready to use.