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Why I use Cline - a free VS Code plugin - for AI engineering. Saoud Rizwan has: Flexible context management: It lets you include only what's relevant, making it ideal for large codebases. Attach files, folders, URLs and problems. Visualizes how much of the context window you've used too.... show more
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✍ “Why I use Cline for AI Engineering” - my full write-up
AI-first pull request reviewer with context-aware feedback, line-by-line code suggestions, and real-time chat.
@thankscline Thank you for this glowing recommendation it truly means so much to our small team
@thankscline Your team has been cooking! Big fan :)
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@thankscline My @DeepInfra API request failed after few chat or in the middle of project and @thankscline doesnt respond 😭
@thankscline Well said. I have been @thankscline fan for a while. It is limited only by the tpm limit imposed by Anthropic but it can be overcome by either R1 or @OpenRouterAI Have you tried clinerules intensively?
@thankscline Thanks for sharing 🙌
@thankscline Sweet! So far my preference was for @Sourcegraph 's Cody but jacking into browser internals is paving the way to kill the endless copy pasting of error logs or screenshots.
@thankscline I still have to give Cody a try, but Cline's been doing a great job so far (the browser integration helps a lot)
@thankscline Is it fair to say this is an alternative to Cursor?
![GPT-5 is live in Cline. We've been working with OpenAI to get this model ready, and here's our take: it's disciplined, persistent, & highly competent. It's collaborative in planning & and a diligent operator while acting. It plans thoroughly, asks optioned follow-ups when needed, & then gets out of the way and ships code. On long tasks it keeps going before pausing to check in. It follows instructions to the letter. And most importantly -- it writes good code. GPT-5 is like "The Wolf" from Pulp Fiction. Comes in, assesses the situation, then executes. Here's what you can expect from GPT-5 in Cline: > verbose while planning; terse while executing > asks a lot of good clarification questions, & frequently provides options when appropriate > strong context retention and persistence over long horizons (256k context window) > good at diff-style edits and multi-file changes (we'll monitor as more usage data comes in) > quiet in Act mode -- writes code without yapping Metaprompting is another strength. We tested early with OpenAI and used GPT-5 to tune our own prompt for GPT-5. Here's a pattern we like: “Answer from your own perspective: what changes or additions would help you better follow this prompt? Here is the prompt (or snippet): [snippet]. Users have complained about X and Y. What minimal edits would you make while keeping the rest intact?” Do you need to change any of your existing patterns in Cline? No -- it's good out of the box. Give a clear goal and constraints, let it plan, then let it cook. Expect more clarifying questions than most models. Pricing: $1.25/M input tokens (+90% cache), $10/M output. Roughly half of Sonnet 4 ($3/$15). Want to try GPT-5? Use it in Cline today for pure, unfiltered inference via the OpenAI, Cline, or OpenRouter providers. (fyi -- GPT-5 one-shotted this browser DAW below on the prompt "build something impressive to show me what you're capable of")](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1953525433808695319/amplify_video_thumb/1953525348425199616/img/2BHrMYWe0oxMwls-.jpg)
