Cline for agent-assisted development in an editor

How it works

Cline can inspect a workspace, propose changes and invoke configured tools from its editor workflow. Its plan and action modes provide different ways to review the work as it proceeds.

What you need

Start from a supported editor and a project that already builds. Review what credentials the selected provider, MCP servers and any browser tools can access.

What to try first

Ask for a plan for one failing test, review the files and commands it identifies, then approve a small implementation. Run the targeted test and inspect the patch before accepting it.

Ask for evidence from the actual test output and diff. An editor view of the proposed patch may omit generated files or modifications outside the visible buffer.

Where to look for failures

Approval settings change how much control the agent has. Be deliberate about shell, browser and MCP access, especially when testing repositories that contain untrusted text.

Related Franklin pages

Compare how each agent exposes tools and where extensions execute. Start from an empty extension set and add one capability at a time so access stays understandable.

• Run a terminal coding assistant with project context and connected tools. Crush for terminal coding with configurable providers
• Connect a local agent interface to model providers and extensions for development tasks. Goose for extensible desktop and terminal agents

For a library of development workflows that can complement a coding agent, see Franklin’s Superpowers profile. Superpowers

Project documentation

• Current project README
• README at the reviewed revision