Cline CLI

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Cline CLI is an autonomous coding agent for interactive terminal sessions.

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Install

Install the Cline CLI. For the IDE extension, see Cline.

npm install -g cline

If Cline CLI is not installed and `npm` is available, `ollama launch cline` will prompt to install `cline@latest`.

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Usage with Ollama

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Quick setup

ollama launch cline

When launched through `ollama launch cline`, Ollama sets Cline’s provider to Ollama, points it at the local Ollama endpoint, and selects the model you choose. To configure without launching:

ollama launch cline --config

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Run directly with a model

ollama launch cline --model qwen3.5

To use a cloud model:

ollama launch cline --model kimi-k2.6:cloud

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Pass a prompt to Cline

Arguments after `--` are passed directly to Cline:

ollama launch cline -- "summarize this repository"

To open Cline’s Kanban board:

ollama launch cline -- kanban

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Manual setup

To configure Cline CLI manually, first make sure Ollama is running and the model you want to use is available:

ollama pull qwen3.5

Then run Cline’s interactive auth flow:

cline auth

Select Ollama as the provider, use `http://localhost:11434` as the base URL if prompted, and choose a model such as `qwen3.5` or `kimi-k2.6:cloud`. To check the current Cline configuration:

cline config

To start an interactive session:

cline

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