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Cline

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A VS Code agent that can use the browser and the terminal.

Plan/Act modes, MCP, and a visible trail. Cline lives in the editor you already have open.

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ext install saoudrizwan.claude-dev

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Plan mode cannot write; Act mode can, with a confirm

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  • Plan

    A read-only pass that writes the approach.

  • Act

    Edits, terminal, and browser tools.

  • MCP

    Servers you configured, not a private toolbelt.

  • Check

    Every file change is in the editor.

VS Code extension

How it runs

Four beats, then it hands back.

  1. 1

    Plan

    A read-only pass that writes the approach.

  2. 2

    Act

    Edits, terminal, and browser tools.

  3. 3

    MCP

    Servers you configured, not a private toolbelt.

  4. 4

    Check

    Every file change is in the editor.

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