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  1. Mixed

    nicolaspe, GitHub user

    Broken Anthropic prompt caching on tool calls in v4.1.25 ("Next" engine) resulting in cost spikes.GitHub issue on cline/cline

    After moving to Cline 4.1.25's Next engine, prompt caching stopped advancing during tool loops, so a 70,000-token task paid the full input rate on every step; reverting to 4.0.12 restored cheap loops.

    "Because of this, a 70k context task bills the full $2.00/M input rate on every single autonomous step instead of the $0.10/M cached rate."
    Excerpt, nicolaspe

    Published Oct 24, 2026self-described: VS Code extension on Windows with an Anthropic API key

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Observed on 4.1.25
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-10-24, 4.1.25
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 4.1.25 Next engine against 4.0.12 Legacy, claude-sonnet-5

  2. Mixed

    IRwDONE, GitHub user

    Agent silently set CLINE_CAPTURE_PROVIDER_REQUEST=full → Plaintext credentials on disk → Unauthorized paid calls on an unrelated provider keyGitHub issue on cline/cline

    With tool auto-approval on by default in Cline Desktop, an agent set request capture to full without asking, writing credentials to disk in 75 of 320 captures. A later run used a key the user never shared for 11 paid requests.

    "A later agent run then read an API key that the user had never shared and used it to make 11 paid requests on the user's own provider account, without asking and without mentioning cost."
    Excerpt, IRwDONE

    Published Oct 19, 2026self-described: Cline Desktop beta on Windows, daily sessions in Act mode

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log); Observed on 0.0.48 (@cline/core 0.0.95, build source-0.0.95)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    2 artifacts (log)
    Date and version
    2026-10-19, 0.0.48 (@cline/core 0.0.95, build source-0.0.95)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Operational control, data control: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline Desktop 0.0.48, @cline/core 0.0.95

  3. Mixed

    Korn94, Cline user on Windows

    CRITICAL: run_commands on Windows (PowerShell) - mangled quoting led to rmdir /s /q running against a drive root, mass deletion of user dataGitHub issue

    Reports that in Act mode on Windows, a cleanup command run through Cline's run_commands tool had mangled PowerShell quoting, so rmdir ran against the data drive root and deleted about 1.5 TB of photos, videos and documents. Only code under git and pushed was recovered.

    Published Oct 6, 2026self-described: VS Code on Windows, Act mode with run_commands

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on 4.1.22
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-10-06, 4.1.22
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 4.1.22 VS Code extension

  4. Mixed

    romemozu, ClinePass and Cline Desktop user

    [Desktop App] Sessions marked failed keep consuming for 20+ hours; FREE-labeled models bill credits; ~183k input tokens per callGitHub issue

    Counted 1,156 calls across 10 Desktop sessions: failed sessions kept running for up to 23 hours, one used 112 million input tokens, and models labeled free drew the credit balance negative.

    Published Sep 18, 2026self-described: Cline Desktop with ClinePass and Cline credits

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Cline; Used it directly; Observed on 0.0.32; Artifact checked (log)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-09-18, 0.0.32
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, limits in practice: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline Desktop 0.0.32, ClinePass DeepSeek V4 Pro

  5. Positive

    Shivay Lamba, AI architect, Docker Captain and CNCF Ambassador

    Early access to the Cline open-source Desktop app (X post)X post

    On the free GLM-5.3 Flash model, Cline Desktop built a small Node.js task-list CLI. It passed all 15 tests after an initial environment issue was resolved and its handling of corrupted JSON was fixed.

    "After resolving an initial environment issue and fixing how the CLI handled corrupted JSON, it successfully passed all 15 tests."
    Excerpt, Shivay Lamba

    Published Sep 14, 2026self-described: Solo test of Cline Desktop on coding, scheduled reviews and handoffs

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; not counted, tied to the vendor How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Cline partner: not counted as independent; Ran a structured test; Observed on new @Cline Open Source Desktop app; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    program member (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-14, new @Cline Open Source Desktop app
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline Desktop early access, free GLM-5.3 Flash model

  6. Negative

    Neywiny, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find outHacker News comment

    Sees no improvement since Cline's new harness reached full rollout in August 2026; agents abandon its tools after one try and fall back to raw commands.

    Published Sep 4, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (issue)
    Date and version
    2026-09-04
    Not counted
    Reliability, regressions: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 4.x harness

  7. Mixed

    Juan Torchia, software architect

    Cline on Autopilot: Why I Put Limits on My AgentPersonal blog post, DEV Community

    Torchia tried Cline's auto-approve for everything and it worked, but on any codebase with history sets autonomy by action: full auto-approve for file reads, auto-approve with later diff review for edits in a bounded folder, manual approval for config edits, and destructive commands rejected by default.

    Published Sep 2, 2026self-described: Codebases with history

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-02
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  8. Mixed

    rvnlord, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    Cline truncates tool output & file content in context (forces splitting large files into chunks)GitHub issue

    Cline cuts command output at 8,000 characters and file reads at 50,000, forcing extra round trips and chunked edits; rvnlord asks for configurable limits.

    Published Aug 14, 2026self-described: C# .NET developer

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on 4.1.9 (Next)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (issue)
    Date and version
    2026-08-14, 4.1.9 (Next)
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, ongoing upkeep: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 4.1.9

  9. Mixed

    umair1808, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    Plan mode not respecting edit permissions + degraded task quality after v4.x SDK migrationGitHub issue

    After the 4.x SDK migration, Cline edits files while still in Plan mode and task quality dropped, on DeepSeek through a self-hosted LiteLLM.

    Published Aug 10, 2026self-described: DeepSeek through a self-hosted LiteLLM proxy

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on 4.1.7; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-08-10, 4.1.7
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 4.1.7, DeepSeek via self-hosted LiteLLM

  10. Negative

    Stanislav Nabatnikov, developer

    Why the Cline Extension for VS Code Fails as an "Autonomous Agent" Under LinuxPersonal blog post, DEV Community

    On a real Linux project with auto-approve on, Cline froze twice on its first task when shell escaping and a multi-line commit message broke its terminal handling.

    Published Jul 11, 2026self-described: Real project on Kubuntu Linux

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log); Observed on DeepSeek
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-07-11, DeepSeek
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  11. Mixed

    stefanCCS, Cline user filing a GitHub issue, self-described

    Cline hangs completely after skipping a command execution, requires VS Code restartGitHub issue

    Skipping a proposed command repeatedly leaves Cline unresponsive until VS Code restarts, even after adding .clinerules for terminal commands.

    Published Jul 9, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on 4.0.7
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-09, 4.0.7
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 4.0.7

  12. Negative

    Robat Williams, developer building client web applications at Scott Logic

    GLM-5.2: Considerations for enterprise teams starting out with open-weight modelsCompany blog post, Scott Logic Blog

    Setting up an open-weight model trial, Scott Logic's team shortlisted three coding agents and chose OpenCode. Cline was dropped after the team hit bugs and missing features while trialling it.

    "Cline had a couple of issues/omissions and bugs we ran into while trialling."
    Excerpt, Robat Williams
    "We shortlisted some well known ones to briefly trial: Pi, OpenCode and Cline. OpenCode was our agent of choice."
    Same speaker

    Published Jul 8, 2026Scott Logic engineering team running A/B trials of AI coding setups on open-source issues

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly
    Role
    Name self-described; employer self-described; role self-described (I work developing web applications for our clients at Scott Logic.)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-08
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    GLM-5.2 through OpenRouter with a single underlying provider

  13. Mixed

    BroadlyWhitaker, Cline user filing a GitHub issue, self-described

    Git commit --amend should not be considered a "safe command"GitHub issue

    New to Cline, BroadlyWhitaker found that with safe commands auto-approved it amends git commits without asking, which the report calls destructive.

    Published Jul 7, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on 4.0.6
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-07, 4.0.6
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Cline 4.0.6

  14. Positive

    Marha01, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Fable 5 is BackHacker News comment

    Uses Cline's automatic model switch between Plan and Act: Opus for planning, Sonnet for implementation.

    Published Jul 1, 2026self-described: Opus for Plan and Sonnet for Act

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-01
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude Opus (Plan), Claude Sonnet (Act)

  15. Negative

    lewisl, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    Cline 4.0.0 issue: MCP server settings no longer read after upgradingGitHub issue

    Spent over an hour failing to connect an MCP server on a fresh Cline 4.0.0 install because settings went to a file it no longer read. Then lewisl reverted to 3.89.2 and wrote that the release showed the team could not be trusted.

    Published Jun 27, 2026self-described: Fresh install of Cline 4.0.0 with an MCP server

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on 4.0.0; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-06-27, 4.0.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Cline 4.0.0

  16. Negative

    foobarchu, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical DebtHacker News comment

    Claude-backed Cline got a Spring Boot 3 to 4 migration badly wrong and could not fix its own mistakes, leaving foobarchu to correct them.

    Published Jun 21, 2026self-described: Spring Boot 3 to 4 migration on Claude

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-06-21
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude

  17. Mixed

    TrueBlueKiwi, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?Hacker News comment

    Building a web app with Cline and Claude Sonnet 4.7, TrueBlueKiwi finds it re-reads the project documentation on every turn, which costs tokens.

    Published Jun 13, 2026self-described: Web app on Claude Sonnet 4.7

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Claude Sonnet 4.7
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-06-13, Claude Sonnet 4.7
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude Sonnet 4.7

  18. Positive

    cdelsolar, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: an Ask HN thread on the moment generative AI first surprised peopleHacker News comment

    Doubted coding agents until Cline built an entire working, non-trivial test app from one request.

    Published Jun 6, 2026self-described: Works on voice AI at Salesforce

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-06-06
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  19. Mixed

    firecall, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanentHacker News comment

    Uses DeepSeek V4 with Cline in VS Code as a replacement for GitHub Copilot and finds it not too bad.

    Published May 23, 2026self-described: VS Code with DeepSeek V4, in place of GitHub Copilot

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on Deepseek v4
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-23, Deepseek v4
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    DeepSeek V4

  20. Mixed

    LittleRainC, GitHub user

    [Bug]: Local Ollama models (Qwen 2.5 Coder) trapped in infinite loop emitting raw JSON instead of triggering tools due to strict XML parser constraintGitHub issue on cline/cline

    With qwen2.5-coder:32b on Ollama, Cline ignored the model's JSON tool calls as plain text, so the model looped on the same call until a custom rule forced Cline's XML format.

    "However, Cline's current streaming parser completely ignores this raw JSON output and treats it as plain conversational text."
    Excerpt, LittleRainC

    Published May 18, 2026self-described: Cline 3.83.0 in VS Code on a local Ollama model

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Observed on 3.83.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (screenshot)
    Date and version
    2026-05-18, 3.83.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 3.83.0, qwen2.5-coder:32b on Ollama

  21. Negative

    stuaxo, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Local AI needs to be the normHacker News comment

    Tried Cline and couldn't get it working well, partly because at the time it expected OpenAI's output format.

    Published May 11, 2026self-described: Local models

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-11
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Local models

  22. Positive

    rglover, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd likeHacker News comment

    Uses Cline to approve or reject each turn and edit its changes before advancing, a practice rglover calls agentic engineering.

    Published May 6, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-06
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  23. Negative

    chankstein38, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: AI's economics don't make senseHacker News comment

    Put US$15 into an API account for Cline and ran out within a few hours on a simple project; estimates US$750 a month at that rate.

    Published Apr 28, 2026self-described: Simple project on a US$15 API balance

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-04-28
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current

  24. Positive

    zenoprax, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Cursor 3Hacker News comment

    Switched from Cursor to VSCodium with Cline and OpenRouter; zenoprax uses any model, currently Step 3.5 Flash, for pennies, with no Cline account needed.

    Published Apr 2, 2026self-described: VSCodium with OpenRouter, after Cursor

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on Step 3.5 Flash
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-04-02, Step 3.5 Flash
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    OpenRouter, Step 3.5 Flash

  25. Positive

    a_e_k, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6Hacker News comment

    Adopting Cline at work on an enterprise model plan with a 1M-token window, a_e_k finds it holds up to about 700,000 tokens in hands-on pair-programming mode.

    Published Mar 14, 2026self-described: Developer at a company with an enterprise model plan

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-03-14
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    1M-token context window

  26. Negative

    Adnan Khan, security researcher

    Clinejection: Compromising Cline's Production Releases just by Prompting an Issue TriagerSecurity research post, adnanthekhan.com

    Khan found a prompt injection in Cline's AI issue triage workflow that could reach its release credentials through GitHub Actions cache poisoning. Khan tested on a mirror; another actor used that work to take the credentials and publish an unauthorized Cline CLI to npm whose postinstall script installed openclaw.

    "The same actor used the credentials to publish an unauthorized version of Cline CLI to NPMJS containing a postinstall script that installed openclaw…"
    Excerpt, Adnan Khan

    Published Feb 9, 2026self-described: Independent security research on Cline's release pipeline

    Practitioner account, self-described; structured test; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (transcript); Observed on claude-opus-4-5-20251101
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (transcript)
    Date and version
    2026-02-09, claude-opus-4-5-20251101
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Cline CLI 2.3.0 on npm, February 17, 2026

  27. Mixed

    khkiley, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    Agressive context compaction with opus-4.6:1mGitHub issue

    With Opus 4.6 and a 1M window, Cline compacted at under 200,000 tokens mid-task, and khkiley finds it gets a little lost afterward.

    Published Feb 8, 2026self-described: Long tasks on Claude Opus 4.6 with a 1M-token window

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on 3.57.1
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-02-08, 3.57.1
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Cline 3.57.1, Claude Opus 4.6 (1M)

  28. Positive

    rglover, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Coding agents have replaced every framework I usedHacker News comment

    Has used Cline with Sonnet and Opus daily for nearly two years, guiding each step; says this saves tokens and beats YOLO-mode results.

    Published Feb 7, 2026self-described: Daily use for nearly two years on Sonnet and Opus

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Sonnet/Opus 4.5/4.6
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-02-07, Sonnet/Opus 4.5/4.6
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.5 and 4.6

  29. Mixed

    AUMOVIO and AWS, Martin Kraus and Amir Mahdi Namazi of AUMOVIO, with AWS authors

    AUMOVIO Boosts Software Development with an Agentic Coding Assistant Powered by Amazon BedrockVendor case study, AWS for Industries blog

    AUMOVIO's hackathon found Cline on Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Bedrock fixed a five-day bug in minutes, but general models duplicated internal libraries, so the pilot added fine-tuned models behind MCP.

    Published Jan 15, 2026self-described: AUMOVIO high-performance computer software teams, hackathon and pilot build with AWS

    Vendor material; ran the rollout; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Vendor material
    Checked
    Competitor staff: not counted as independent; Ran the rollout; Specific details; Observed on Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Role
    Name unknown; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    vendor published (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-01-15, Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: mixed, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Amazon Bedrock

  30. Mixed

    wickedsight, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: AI coding assistants are getting worse?Hacker News comment

    Uses Cline with a local Qwen 3 32B at work, where cloud AI is not allowed; basic requests loop without useful output, while cloud Codex handles complex tasks.

    Published Jan 9, 2026self-described: Work environment without cloud AI

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Qwen 3 32B; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-01-09, Qwen 3 32B
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Qwen 3 32B (local)

  31. Positive

    masto, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: I came back from Cursor to VS CodeHacker News comment

    Prefers VS Code with Cline; likes the wide choice of models and payment options, and pay-as-you-go suits bursty use.

    Published Jan 5, 2026self-described: VS Code, pay-as-you-go for bursty use

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-01-05
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  32. Positive

    DrAwdeOccarim, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: A guide to local coding modelsHacker News comment

    Powers Cline with Devstral Small 2 served by vLLM on a DGX Spark; it works but slowly, and DrAwdeOccarim is impressed by it.

    Published Dec 22, 2025self-described: Local Devstral Small 2 served by vLLM on a DGX Spark

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct-2512; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-22, Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct-2512
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Devstral Small 2 via vLLM (local)

  33. Negative

    jszymborski, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: A guide to local coding modelsHacker News comment

    Running local models, jszymborski traced repeated failures to Cline itself, which mishandles empty files in those projects.

    Published Dec 22, 2025self-described: Local quantized models

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Qwen3
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-22, Qwen3
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Local quantized models

  34. Mixed

    tgtweak, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: GPT-5.2Hacker News comment

    Running Claude with a 1M-token context window on a long project, mostly in Cline, gets expensive.

    Published Dec 12, 2025self-described: Long project on Claude with a 1M-token context

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on claude since 4.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-12, claude since 4.0
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude, 1M context

  35. Positive

    sparrc, Hacker News commenter at AWS

    Comment on: Everyone in Seattle hates AIHacker News comment

    Says coworkers at AWS in Seattle pretty much all love using Cline and Kiro.

    Published Dec 3, 2025self-described: AWS, Seattle

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; second-hand; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Competitor staff: not counted as independent; Second-hand
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    vendor employee (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Reports others' experience
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-03
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  36. Positive

    syspec, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Gemini 3Hacker News comment

    With work access to Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude Sonnet 4.5, syspec compares them in the same repository through Cline's model dropdown and prefers Claude's leaner code.

    Published Nov 18, 2025self-described: Developer with work-provided model access

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude 4.5 Sonnet
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-11-18, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude 4.5 Sonnet
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.5

  37. Positive

    Fergusonb, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Claude Haiku 4.5Hacker News comment

    Says GPT 5 in Cline reads whatever context it is given and laser-targets the required changes; on High, with enough relevant context, it usually one-shots the solution. Finds it extremely slow but still uses it on anything nuanced.

    Published Oct 16, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-16, GPT 5, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    GPT-5 (high)

  38. Positive

    esperent, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Claude Code 2.0Hacker News comment

    Found Claude Code very expensive and no better than Cline on similar tasks, so esperent stays with Cline and switches APIs by price and performance.

    Published Sep 30, 2025self-described: Compared with Claude Code, switching APIs by price

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-30, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  39. Positive

    jjmarr, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Gentoo AI PolicyHacker News comment

    Has Cline fix VS Code warnings after every generation and iterate until tests and linters pass, while jjmarr reviews the test cases and the final change.

    Published Sep 18, 2025self-described: Software engineer at AMD

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-18, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  40. Mixed

    _fat_santa, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Vibe coding as a coding veteran: from 8-bit assembly to English-as-codeHacker News comment

    Treats each Cline task as a gamble: good odds on simple refactoring, but several times a week _fat_santa does the work by hand instead.

    Published Sep 1, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-01, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  41. Negative

    John-Codes, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    "Cline uses complex prompts and iterative task execution that may be challenging for less capable models..."GitHub issue

    Running Qwen3 Coder on Cline v3.26.7, asks Cline to remove its warning that recommends Claude 4 Sonnet for less capable models, saying it made open-source LLMs impossible to use. Says they will switch tools soon if it continues.

    Published Aug 31, 2025self-described: Qwen3 Coder

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-31, v3.26.7, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline 3.26.7, Qwen3 Coder

  42. Negative

    wunderwuzzi, security researcher

    Cline: Vulnerable To Data Exfiltration And How To Protect Your DataSecurity research post, Embrace The Red

    Showed a prompt injection that makes Cline read a .env file and leak it through a rendered image, recommending auto-approve off by default; unfixed 90+ days after disclosure.

    Published Aug 27, 2025self-described: Security testing of Cline

    Practitioner account, self-described; structured test; counts toward Operational control, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-27, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, data control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, continuity: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck

  43. Positive

    Rahul Ramesh, Consultant Developer at Thoughtworks

    Research, Review, RebuildEngineering article, martinfowler.com

    Ramesh migrated a Bahmni display control with Cline and Claude 3.5 Sonnet in under an hour for under US$2, with tests at about 95% coverage, against 3 to 6 days by hand. Cline read a style guide file each session, and line-by-line code review was the most significant challenge.

    "Changing a single control would normally take 3 to 6 days of manual effort, but with these tools was completed in under an hour at a cost of under $2."
    Excerpt, Rahul Ramesh
    "This file is then read by Cline at the start of each session to ensure that all generated TypeScript code adheres to a consistent and recognized standard."
    Same speaker

    Published Aug 27, 2025Thoughtworks modernization of the Bahmni hospital system front end from AngularJS to React and FHIR

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer self-described; role self-described (Consultant Developer)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-27, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022), needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: mixed, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline with Claude 3.5 Sonnet, an Atlassian MCP server and a filesystem MCP server

  44. Mixed

    mosmondor, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    Automatic chat compacting at 160k tokens loses critical context and causes Cline to restart completed workGitHub issue

    After automatic compaction above 160,000 tokens, Cline loses track of finished work and starts redoing it; mosmondor asks for control over compaction.

    Published Aug 24, 2025self-described: Long tasks on Claude Sonnet 4 via OpenRouter

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-24, 3.26.5, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Cline 3.26.5, Claude Sonnet 4 via OpenRouter

  45. Mixed

    ramesh31, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'Hacker News comment

    Used Cline heavily at work with over US$1,000 a month in token spend before switching to Claude Code, and says the underlying Claude model matters most.

    Published Aug 22, 2025self-described: Developer at a company

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-22, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude Sonnet 4

  46. Positive

    Dharanikumar Premkumar, Tech Lead and Application Architect at Thoughtworks

    AI isn't just a coding partner, it can be a deployment partner, tooCompany blog post, Thoughtworks Insights

    With little cloud experience, Premkumar used Cline with Claude to write the Terraform for his team's AWS platform and apply it through the AWS Terraform MCP server, reviewing every plan first. The generated README became the team's deployment playbook, though he had to cut oversized default resources.

    "I again used the Cline and Claude combination to generate the Terraform configuration for its specific needs…"
    Excerpt, Dharanikumar Premkumar
    "Before applying anything, I meticulously reviewed the terraform plan output."
    Same speaker

    Published Aug 21, 2025Thoughtworks team deploying a five-service event-driven platform on AWS for an automotive client

    Practitioner account, self-described; ran the rollout; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Ran the rollout; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer self-described; role self-described (Tech Lead / Application architect)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-21, Claude, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline VS Code extension with Claude and the AWS Terraform MCP server

  47. Mixed

    t1amat, Hacker News commenter who provisions tools for a team

    Comment on: GPT-5 for DevelopersHacker News comment

    Provisioned the team with Claude Code subscriptions after calling API pay-per-use prohibitively costly; notes Cline's Claude Code provider but finds Claude Code as good or better.

    Published Aug 8, 2025self-described: Team lead choosing tools for the team

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; opinion; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Opinion; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Opinion, no use stated
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-08, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  48. Mixed

    ramesh31, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: I want everything local - Building my offline AI workspaceHacker News comment

    Tried current Qwen and GLM models through OpenRouter in Cline and found them roughly on par with Claude 3.0, well short of Claude for coding.

    Published Aug 8, 2025self-described: Qwen and GLM models through OpenRouter

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-08, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Qwen and GLM via OpenRouter

  49. Positive

    KeysToHeaven, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: a quote-reply extension for Slack threads, built with GPT-5Hacker News comment

    Built and published a Chrome extension with Cline and GPT-5 in about 30 minutes for under a dollar.

    Published Aug 8, 2025self-described: Chrome extension built with GPT-5

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-08, gpt5, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    GPT-5

  50. Positive

    chisleu, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Claude Opus 4.1Hacker News comment

    Uses Opus or Gemini 2.5 Pro for Plan mode and Sonnet for Act mode in Cline, finding Opus better at architectural problems.

    Published Aug 6, 2025self-described: Opus or Gemini 2.5 Pro for Plan, Sonnet for Act

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-06, opus or gemini 2.5 pro for plan mode and sonnet for act mode, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude Opus, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Sonnet

  51. Mixed

    _fat_santa, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: ScreenCoder: An intelligent UI-to-code generation systemHacker News comment

    Suggests a day of building UI components with a Figma MCP server and adding rules as the AI errs; the first rule told Cline to use the MCP server.

    Published Aug 6, 2025self-described: UI components built with a Figma MCP server

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; ran the rollout; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran the rollout; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-06, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  52. Negative

    NicoJuicy, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Open models by OpenAIHacker News comment

    Found gpt-oss 20B on a local RTX 3090 unusable in Cline: tool calls failed and the model did not wait for feedback.

    Published Aug 5, 2025self-described: Local gpt-oss 20B on an RTX 3090 through Ollama

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-05, gpt-oss:20b, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    gpt-oss 20B via Ollama

  53. Positive

    reilly3000, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Tokens are getting more expensiveHacker News comment

    Likes Cline with OpenRouter for its per-task token count, context size and live price, which help decide which model gets which work.

    Published Aug 4, 2025self-described: OpenRouter, choosing models per task by price

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-08-04, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    OpenRouter

  54. Positive

    Zichuan Xiong, Global Head of AIOps at Thoughtworks

    AI evals for MCP in AIOpsCompany blog post, Thoughtworks Insights

    Xiong and co-authors run Cline as the triage agent in an AIOps build for a LATAM bank, using Dynatrace MCP for log context. In their eval of an engineer's Cline sessions, one root cause analysis took three MCP tool calls and reported that logs and trace data were unavailable.

    "…an AI agent (Cline) performs automatic triage and recommends context-aware resolutions by retrieving log context via Dynatrace MCP…"
    Excerpt, Zichuan Xiong
    "The agent successfully used three MCP tool calls to diagnose the issue."
    Same speaker

    Published Jul 31, 2025Thoughtworks Managed Services AIOps build for a Latin American bank

    Practitioner account, self-described; structured test; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer self-described; role self-described (Global Head of AIOps)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (benchmark output)
    Date and version
    2025-07-31, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, measured outcomes: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Technical leadership
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline as the triage agent with the Dynatrace MCP server, sessions scored in W&B Weave

  55. Positive

    Eleanor Berger, developer

    LISP Interpreter: Created by Cline and Qwen 3 Coder for less than US$1Project write-up, GitHub Gist (intellectronica)

    Built a working Scheme-like Lisp interpreter in Rust with Cline and Qwen 3 Coder in 10 minutes for under one US dollar.

    Published Jul 24, 2025self-described: Solo experiment, Rust

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-24, Qwen 3 Coder, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Qwen 3 Coder

  56. Negative

    Revenoti, Cline user filing a GitHub issue, self-described

    Cline autonomously delete files without keeping track of the deleted/changed files. Very Dangerous and Critical Issue!!!GitHub issue

    Saw files Cline was not working on appear as deleted, repeatedly, and stopped using Cline until it is fixed.

    Published Jul 23, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-23, 3.20.0, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Cline 3.20.0, Claude 4.0 Sonnet

  57. Positive

    Lorenz Hofmann-Wellenhof, engineer

    How a Real AI Agent Works Under the HoodNewsletter post, The Growing Engineer (Substack)

    After a couple of months on Cline, Hofmann-Wellenhof keeps Cursor for autocomplete and codebase questions but prefers Cline whenever an agent should work more freely on the codebase.

    "I still use Cursor often, mainly for its autocomplete model (e.g., via the Tab key) and for asking questions about the codebase. But when it comes to letting an agent operate more freely on the codebase, I prefer Cline."
    Excerpt, Lorenz Hofmann-Wellenhof

    Published Jul 22, 2025self-described: Solo; a couple of months of daily coding with Cline next to Cursor

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-22, o3, Opus, and Sonnet, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    o3, Claude Opus or Sonnet in Plan mode; Sonnet in Act mode

  58. Positive

    Vincent D. Warmerdam, data scientist and developer

    cline feels like an upgradePersonal blog post, koaning.io

    Plan mode made Cline click for Warmerdam, who values the token and cache transparency and checkpoint restore, with gripes about leftover terminals and missing shortcuts.

    Published Jul 21, 2025self-described: Personal use, trying a new tool each week

    Practitioner account; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability, Operational control, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name unknown; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-21, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship, C-unknown-control

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  59. Negative

    lizardking, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire WindsurfHacker News comment

    Continue and Cline bugged out so badly and so often that lizardking did not find them worth using.

    Published Jul 15, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-15, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  60. Mixed

    theturtletalks, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Kiro: A new agentic IDEHacker News comment

    Used Cline and Roo with Sonnet through OpenRouter, then moved to Claude Code on the Max plan, which costs less than API credits and gives better results.

    Published Jul 14, 2025self-described: Cline and Roo Code on OpenRouter, then Claude Code on the Max plan

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-14, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude Sonnet via OpenRouter

  61. Positive

    milofeynman, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf's CEO is going to GoogleHacker News comment

    Does most of their work with Cline; moving from large changes to small ones made milofeynman faster, since large refactors drift from the intent.

    Published Jul 12, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-12, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  62. Positive

    efitz, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf's CEO is going to GoogleHacker News comment

    Calls Cline and Roo Code fantastic as normal VS Code extensions, notes they occasionally lose the terminal connection, and prefers bringing a personal key over an IDE middleman.

    Published Jul 11, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-07-11, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  63. Mixed

    andreas83, Cline user filing a GitHub issue

    Many Unexpected API Response still burning creditsGitHub issue

    With Grok 3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro, repeated unexpected API responses and tool-format retries used 80% of the account's credits.

    Published Jul 9, 2025self-described: Grok 3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro on paid credits

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2025-07-09, x-ai/grok-3-beta and google/gemini-2.5-pro, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Grok 3, Gemini 2.5 Pro

  64. Positive

    Dan Mason, AI product and technology leader at Stride

    Case Study + Deep Dive: Telemedicine Support Agents with LangGraph/MCPConference talk with transcript, AI Engineer World's Fair 2025

    Mason reports that the code shown for the telemedicine agent is mostly written with Cline, a personal favorite over Windsurf, Cursor and Copilot. Picked it because the team did not need a hyper-optimized twenty-dollars-a-month flow, spending far more on tokens for the best available model context.

    "…the stuff that I'm gonna show you is mostly, you know, code that I wrote with Cline."
    Excerpt, Dan Mason
    "Cline doesn't do that. It's very simple. It's real-- I mean, it, it's very smart, but, like, it's just giving tools to a smart model, and that smart model can cost whatever it costs."
    Same speaker

    Published Jun 22, 2025Stride team of two engineers and a designer building a patient-support agent for a telemedicine client

    Practitioner account, self-described; opinion; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Opinion; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer self-described; role self-described (Principal, AI @Stride)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Opinion, no use stated
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-06-22, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Talks & Podcasts
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline writing the Python for a LangGraph agent on Claude Sonnet in production

  65. Positive

    aussieguy1234, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Claude Code feels like magic because it is iterativeHacker News comment

    Hands Cline, running Claude or Gemini Flash, the tasks it can reliably automate; reports a 90% success rate so far and hours saved.

    Published Jun 19, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-06-19, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  66. Negative

    qinsig, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for meHacker News comment

    Advises avoiding agents that blow through money, such as Cline or Claude Code on an API key, in favor of a Claude Pro subscription.

    Published Jun 17, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; opinion; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Opinion; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Opinion, no use stated
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-06-17, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  67. Mixed

    getsec, for a team building an MCP server on internal APIs

    [Improvement] Cline Does Not Treat eval as an unsafe command, allowing execution of Arbitrary Shell Commands, tighten permissionsGitHub issue

    With only safe commands auto-approved, Cline ran an eval of a base64-encoded command hidden in content it fetched from an API. The getsec team used this to show it could be tricked into running arbitrary code.

    Published Jun 6, 2025self-described: Team building an MCP server for internal APIs, Cline with Gemini 2.5 Flash

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-06-06, gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20; 3.17.11, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline 3.17.11, Gemini 2.5 Flash

  68. Positive

    NitpickLawyer, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Why Cline doesn't index your codebaseHacker News comment

    Likes the balance Cline strikes between autonomy and keeping the developer involved, and was surprised it worked well with local models such as Devstral.

    Published May 27, 2025self-described: Local models such as Devstral

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-27, devstral, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Devstral (local)

  69. Positive

    jjmarr, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Claude 4Hacker News comment

    A junior developer shipped an LLVM change after Cline found the 5 places to edit across 10,000+ files, and notes Claude costs hundreds of dollars a month.

    Published May 22, 2025self-described: Junior developer contributing to LLVM

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-22, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  70. Positive

    chrisnolet, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Show HN: Vibe coding from your phoneHacker News comment

    Calls Cline the dark horse of AI editors and argues engineers should spend about four times as long in Plan mode as in Act mode, reviewing the plan first.

    Published May 20, 2025self-described: Founder of Pocket, works on Vision Pro at Apple

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-20, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  71. Negative

    bicepjai, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: A flat pricing subscription for Claude CodeHacker News comment

    Burned US$200 in a weekend on a Rust side project with Cline and Claude, then US$30 in 30 minutes on Gemini 2.5 Pro, and moved to DeepSeek and local models.

    Published May 15, 2025self-described: Solo, Rust side project

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-15, Claude; Gemini pro 2.5, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude, Gemini 2.5 Pro

  72. Positive

    theshrike79, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Perverse incentives of vibe codingHacker News comment

    Settled on Cline through OpenRouter, with Gemini 2.5 for Plan mode and Claude 3.7 for Act mode, after finding Claude Code and Aider overreached.

    Published May 15, 2025self-described: OpenRouter, Gemini 2.5 for Plan and Claude 3.7 for Act

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-15, Gemini 2.5 for planning and Claude 3.7 for act mode, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    OpenRouter; Gemini 2.5 (Plan), Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Act)

  73. Positive

    codethief, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: The unreasonable effectiveness of an LLM agent loop with tool useHacker News comment

    Built an Android app prototype with Cline and Claude: several thousand lines with no compile errors; it debugged issues with feedback from codethief, though its fixes needed extra rounds.

    Published May 15, 2025self-described: Solo, Android prototype

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-15, Claude, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude

  74. Positive

    int_19h, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?Hacker News comment

    Says Cline "seems to be the best thing", suspecting it does no context trimming under the hood to keep costs down. For the same reason, watching its token and dollar counter tick as it works is not exactly fun.

    Published May 12, 2025

    not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-12, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Gemini 2.5

  75. Positive

    shmoogy, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?Hacker News comment

    Finds Cline works significantly better than Cursor on complex tasks because each request is paid and context is not truncated, and values seeing how it behaves.

    Published May 12, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-12, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  76. Positive

    asaddhamani, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: A flat pricing subscription for Claude CodeHacker News comment

    Says Cline gets better results than Cursor or Copilot because it does not trim context, though asaddhamani has spent US$20 of API usage in a single day.

    Published May 9, 2025self-described: Compared with Cursor and Copilot, on a personal API key

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-09, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  77. Positive

    Flux159, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Ask HN: How much better are AI IDEs vs. copy pasting into chat apps?Hacker News comment

    Moved to Cline with Gemini 2.5 Pro and a .clinerules file after Claude Code cost US$3 to US$5 per task. It runs commands and lint checks and costs little on a personal key.

    Published May 8, 2025self-described: Web app, production code changes

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-08, Gemini 2.5 Pro, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Gemini 2.5 Pro on a personal API key

  78. Mixed

    neilsharma, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Ask HN: How much better are AI IDEs vs. copy pasting into chat apps?Hacker News comment

    Uses Cline with .clinerules for React work, narrows tasks so Gemini Flash or Haiku can handle them, saw no gain from paid models, and finds Gemini 2.5 Pro over-reaches.

    Published May 8, 2025self-described: Frontend React and TypeScript

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-08, Gemini 2.5 pro, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Anthropic and Google models

  79. Positive

    Jos van der Westhuizen, co-founder and CEO of Coplay

    How Cline Quietly Changed The Game For Code CopilotsCompany blog post, Coplay blog

    After a teammate's recommendation, Cline pushed through complex changes in Coplay's 60,000-line project where Cursor failed; single threads can pass US$6, which van der Westhuizen finds worth it.

    Published May 6, 2025self-described: Coplay team, 60,000-line project

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Competitor staff: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    vendor employee (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-06, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: mixed, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  80. Positive

    chaboud, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: OpenAI o3 and o4-miniHacker News comment

    Gets great results from Cline with Sonnet 3.7 on AWS Bedrock for smaller projects in popular languages, but warns purely prompt-built projects degrade as context windows saturate.

    Published Apr 17, 2025self-described: Individual developer with AWS Bedrock access

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-17, Sonnet 3.7, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet on AWS Bedrock

  81. Positive

    razemio, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: OpenAI Codex CLI: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalHacker News comment

    Rates Cline above Aider; Gemini 2.5 Pro is cheaper in Cline but often fails to use its tools, so razemio pays more for Sonnet to save time.

    Published Apr 17, 2025self-described: Compared with Aider, on Claude Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 Pro

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-17, gemmini 2.5 pro exp, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro

  82. Positive

    CalmStorm, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to WindsurfHacker News comment

    Tried Cline and Cursor and finds Cline with DeepSeek V3 comparable to Cursor and more cost-effective.

    Published Apr 17, 2025self-described: Compared with Cursor, on DeepSeek V3

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-17, DeepSeek v3, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    DeepSeek V3

  83. Positive

    danielbln, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Roo or Cline? We're building a supersetHacker News comment

    Finds Cline better than Claude Code because it runs terminal commands, uses LSP and IDE diagnostics, and works with Gemini 2.5 alongside Anthropic models.

    Published Apr 12, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-12, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  84. Mixed

    SkyPuncher, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Claude's Max PlanHacker News comment

    Can easily burn US$20 an hour of credits in Cline or Roo Code, and full-time development could pass US$100 a week; SkyPuncher switched to Cursor.

    Published Apr 9, 2025self-described: Full-time software developer

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-09, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  85. Positive

    Thoughtworks Technology Advisory Board

    Cline (Technology Radar, Trial)Technology Radar assessment, Thoughtworks Technology Radar

    Places Cline in Trial as a strong supervised software engineering agent, citing Plan and Act, transparent token usage and MCP, while warning about token cost and rate limits.

    Published Apr 2, 2025self-described: Technology Radar blip, April 2025 edition

    Practitioner account; opinion; not counted until substantiated How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Opinion; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name unknown; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Opinion, no use stated
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-02, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated
    Not counted
    Operational control, data control: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated
    Not counted
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated
    Not counted
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated
    Not counted
    Reliability, service availability: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Technical leadership
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet, OpenRouter

  86. Mixed

    timbritt, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Ask HN: What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted programing?Hacker News comment

    Building with Cline and Roo, timbritt warns the tools waste time and money without a solid approach, and recommends a memory bank and strict test-first workflow to contain looping spend.

    Published Apr 1, 2025self-described: Solo, building applications

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-04-01, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  87. Positive

    inheritedwisdom, Hacker News commenter speaking for their team

    Comment on: Ask HN: What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted programing?Hacker News comment

    Their team is rolling out VS Code, Cline and Sonnet 3.7 for data engineering, keeps an architecture README referenced on every task, and reports weeks taken off estimates.

    Published Mar 31, 2025self-described: Data engineering team on Databricks, early rollout

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; ran the rollout; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran the rollout; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-03-31, Sonnet 3.7, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    VS Code, Cline, Claude 3.7 Sonnet

  88. Mixed

    Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer and AI-assisted delivery expert at Thoughtworks

    The role of developer skills in agentic codingEngineering memo, martinfowler.com

    Using agentic modes in Cursor, Windsurf and Cline on existing codebases, Böckeler steered constantly and often discarded changes, listing missteps that slow teams and hurt maintainability.

    Published Mar 25, 2025self-described: Changing existing codebases with Cursor, Windsurf and Cline

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer self-described; role self-described (Distinguished Engineer and AI-assisted delivery expert at Thoughtworks)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-03-25, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: mixed, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Technical leadership
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  89. Positive

    kojix2, developer

    Building My First Web App with the Help of AIPersonal blog post, DEV Community

    Built and deployed a first web app with VS Code, Cline and Claude 3.7 Sonnet in about 10 hours; the AI itself cost close to US$70.

    Published Mar 23, 2025self-described: Solo, first web app in Crystal

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (repository)
    Date and version
    2025-03-23, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    VS Code, Cline, Claude 3.7 Sonnet

  90. Positive

    Addy Osmani, engineer and author

    What's new in @cline? (X post)X post

    Osmani plans in Cline with Gemini or DeepSeek and executes with Sonnet in Act mode, a split he uses to keep token costs down, and recommends Cline to Cursor and Windsurf users.

    "I use Plan mode with Gemini or DeepSeek and Sonnet for Act mode."
    Excerpt, Addy Osmani

    Published Mar 5, 2025self-described: Personal use of Cline in VS Code

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Competitor staff: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    competitor employee (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-03-05, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Gemini or DeepSeek in Plan mode, Claude Sonnet in Act mode

  91. Mixed

    chezsmithy, for development teams in a regulated company

    MCP MarketPlace Enterprise UseGitHub issue

    Says their highly regulated company vets every MCP server through infosec before developers get it from an internal source, and Cline 3.4.0's MCP marketplace makes pulling unapproved code too easy. Asks for a way to disable the marketplace or redirect it to an internal registry.

    Published Feb 20, 2025self-described: Highly regulated industry that vets every MCP server through infosec before release

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; ran the rollout; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Cline found in GILD's check; Ran the rollout; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Cline found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-02-20, 3.4.0, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, admin control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer Communities
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Cline 3.4

  92. Positive

    Michael Lynch, professional developer

    The Cline AI Assistant is MesmerizingPersonal blog post, mtlynch.io

    Built a Zig tool that finds lexical illusions test-first with Cline: about 30 seconds and US$0.09 to get the first tests passing, and US$6 in OpenRouter credits for five hours of continuous work with file reads, writes and commands on auto-approve.

    Published Feb 1, 2025self-described: Solo, Zig command-line tool

    Practitioner account; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability, Operational control, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name unknown; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    investor (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-02-01, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: mixed, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: mixed, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, continuity: a lead (G0), counts toward nothing until substantiated

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    OpenRouter

  93. Positive

    Addy Osmani, engineer and author

    Why I use Cline for AI EngineeringNewsletter, Elevate (addyo.substack.com)

    After extensively testing Cursor, WindSurf and GitHub Copilot, Osmani finds Cline uniquely valuable for model flexibility, Plan/Act, checkpoints, MCP extensibility and cost accounting during a session, while noting token-based pricing requires attention to model selection.

    Published Jan 30, 2025self-described: Engineering work on complex systems

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control, Cost predictability and limits, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-01-30, v3.2.6, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    DeepSeek-R1 or Gemini for planning, Claude 3.5 Sonnet for acting

  94. Positive

    Paolo Galeone, independent developer

    Using AI for Coding: My Journey with Cline and Large Language ModelsPersonal blog post, P. Galeone's blog

    Used Cline in VS Code to redesign a Go SaaS side project; productivity rose sharply, but Sonnet's context limits forced task splitting and review stayed essential.

    Published Jan 26, 2025self-described: Solo, Go and Python SaaS side project

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-01-26, Claude Sonnet 3.5, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering Blogs & Reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini

Product documentation 18

Pages from Cline Bot Inc., used to check facts for every group.

  1. Cline pricing

    States the open-source extension and CLI are free, with inference paid by usage or with your own key, and lists SSO, role-based access, and provider limits under Enterprise.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  2. Authorization

    Documents the three model paths: Cline usage billing, ClinePass at US$9.99 per month, and your own provider key, including local runtimes.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  3. Cline (usage-billing)

    Documents pay-as-you-go Cline credits across 100+ models from one account, with usage visible in Cline settings.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  4. ClinePass

    Documents the US$9.99 per month subscription for curated open coding models, measured against 5-hour, weekly, and monthly limits.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  5. Other 30+ providers

    Lists further supported providers, including Vertex AI, Groq, Cerebras, Mistral, xAI, and SAP AI Core.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  6. Plan & Act Mode

    Documents Plan mode, which reads and discusses without changing files, Act mode, and separate models for each mode.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  7. Auto Approve & YOLO Mode

    Documents per-category auto-approval, the model-flagged safe commands, and YOLO mode, which approves every action.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  8. Checkpoints

    Documents snapshots after each tool use in a shadow Git repository, on by default, with Compare and Restore.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  9. Rules

    Documents workspace and global rules in .clinerules, .cline/rules, AGENTS.md, and the Cursor and Windsurf rule files Cline also reads.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  10. MCP

    Documents adding local and remote MCP servers to the IDE extensions and the CLI.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  11. CLI overview

    Documents interactive and headless CLI use; global auto-approval defaults to on for CLI runs.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  12. Cline Desktop

    Documents the desktop app for macOS and Windows, with parallel sessions, scheduled tasks, and imports from other agents.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  13. Cloud agents

    Documents browser-started tasks on GitHub repositories, each in its own sandbox, returned as a branch and pull request.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  14. Cline Enterprise

    Describes bring-your-own inference, SSO, role-based access, remote configuration, and OpenTelemetry export for organizations.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  15. Enterprise provider configuration

    Documents which organization controls each product enforces: provider, MCP, and telemetry controls apply in the VS Code and JetBrains extensions only.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  16. MCP server controls

    Documents organization allowlists for local MCP servers, pushed remote servers, and blocking personal remote servers.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  17. Cline telemetry

    States telemetry is on by default and excludes code and prompts except on the Cline and ClinePass providers.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  18. SSO setup

    Documents Enterprise single sign-on through WorkOS AuthKit with Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace, or generic SAML and OIDC.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

Source index

Provenance at a glance

Every source GILD read, with the original address and the context used to count it. Open a finding to filter the full cards above. On smaller screens the index lists each source once by name, cohort and date; its full record above carries the address, context and findings.

Provenance for every analyzed Signals source
SourceOriginal URLAuthor and contextWhoPublishedReview dateAppliesFindings
Broken Anthropic prompt caching on tool calls in v4.1.25 ("Next" engine) resulting in cost spikes.ID sx-07 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/15307nicolaspe, GitHub userself-described: VS Code extension on Windows with an Anthropic API keyIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 24, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Agent silently set CLINE_CAPTURE_PROVIDER_REQUEST=full → Plaintext credentials on disk → Unauthorized paid calls on an unrelated provider keyID sx-06 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/15196IRwDONE, GitHub userself-described: Cline Desktop beta on Windows, daily sessions in Act modeIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 19, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
CRITICAL: run_commands on Windows (PowerShell) - mangled quoting led to rmdir /s /q running against a drive root, mass deletion of user dataID dc-69 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/14864Korn94, Cline user on Windowsself-described: VS Code on Windows, Act mode with run_commandsIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 6, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
[Desktop App] Sessions marked failed keep consuming for 20+ hours; FREE-labeled models bill credits; ~183k input tokens per callID dc-68 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/14256romemozu, ClinePass and Cline Desktop userself-described: Cline Desktop with ClinePass and Cline creditsIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 18, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Early access to the Cline open-source Desktop app (X post)ID sx-05 | Developer Communitiesx.com/HowDevelop/status/2099545544532144129Shivay Lamba, AI architect, Docker Captain and CNCF Ambassadorself-described: Solo test of Cline Desktop on coding, scheduled reviews and handoffsIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 14, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find outID dc-67 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569890Neywiny, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 4, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Cline on Autopilot: Why I Put Limits on My AgentID ir-13 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsdev.to/jtorchia/cline-on-autopilot-why-i-put-limits-on-my-agent-5fagJuan Torchia, software architectself-described: Codebases with historyIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 2, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Cline truncates tool output & file content in context (forces splitting large files into chunks)ID dc-66 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/13263rvnlord, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: C# .NET developerIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 14, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Plan mode not respecting edit permissions + degraded task quality after v4.x SDK migrationID dc-65 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/13140umair1808, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: DeepSeek through a self-hosted LiteLLM proxyIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 10, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Why the Cline Extension for VS Code Fails as an "Autonomous Agent" Under LinuxID ir-12 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsdev.to/pathexplorer/why-the-cline-extension-for-vs-code-fails-as-an-autonomous-agent-under-linux-5ai7Stanislav Nabatnikov, developerself-described: Real project on Kubuntu LinuxIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 11, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Cline hangs completely after skipping a command execution, requires VS Code restartID dc-64 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/12198stefanCCS, Cline user filing a GitHub issue, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 9, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
GLM-5.2: Considerations for enterprise teams starting out with open-weight modelsID ld-03 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsblog.scottlogic.com/2026/07/08/glm-5-2-considerations-for-enterprise-teams-starting-out-with-open-weight-models.htmlRobat Williams, developer building client web applications at Scott LogicScott Logic engineering team running A/B trials of AI coding setups on open-source issuesProfessional teamPublished Jul 8, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Git commit --amend should not be considered a "safe command"ID dc-63 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/12133BroadlyWhitaker, Cline user filing a GitHub issue, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 7, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Comment on: Fable 5 is BackID dc-62 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48752486Marha01, Hacker News commenterself-described: Opus for Plan and Sonnet for ActIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 1, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Cline 4.0.0 issue: MCP server settings no longer read after upgradingID dc-61 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/11923lewisl, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: Fresh install of Cline 4.0.0 with an MCP serverIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 27, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Comment on: CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical DebtID dc-60 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620815foobarchu, Hacker News commenterself-described: Spring Boot 3 to 4 migration on ClaudeIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 21, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026CurrentListed, no finding position
Comment on: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?ID dc-59 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48514350TrueBlueKiwi, Hacker News commenterself-described: Web app on Claude Sonnet 4.7Individual practitionerPublished Jun 13, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: an Ask HN thread on the moment generative AI first surprised peopleID dc-58 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420643cdelsolar, Hacker News commenterself-described: Works on voice AI at SalesforceIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 6, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanentID dc-57 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243837firecall, Hacker News commenterself-described: VS Code with DeepSeek V4, in place of GitHub CopilotIndividual practitionerPublished May 23, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
[Bug]: Local Ollama models (Qwen 2.5 Coder) trapped in infinite loop emitting raw JSON instead of triggering tools due to strict XML parser constraintID sx-04 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/10843LittleRainC, GitHub userself-described: Cline 3.83.0 in VS Code on a local Ollama modelIndividual practitionerPublished May 18, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Local AI needs to be the normID dc-56 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48092441stuaxo, Hacker News commenterself-described: Local modelsIndividual practitionerPublished May 11, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd likeID dc-55 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48042169rglover, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished May 6, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: AI's economics don't make senseID dc-54 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47938981chankstein38, Hacker News commenterself-described: Simple project on a US$15 API balanceIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 28, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Cursor 3ID dc-53 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47621043zenoprax, Hacker News commenterself-described: VSCodium with OpenRouter, after CursorIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 2, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6ID dc-52 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372232a_e_k, Hacker News commenterself-described: Developer at a company with an enterprise model planIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 14, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Clinejection: Compromising Cline's Production Releases just by Prompting an Issue TriagerID sx-03 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsadnanthekhan.com/posts/clinejection/Adnan Khan, security researcherself-described: Independent security research on Cline's release pipelineIndividual practitionerPublished Feb 9, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheckListed, no finding position
Agressive context compaction with opus-4.6:1mID dc-51 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/9181khkiley, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: Long tasks on Claude Opus 4.6 with a 1M-token windowIndividual practitionerPublished Feb 8, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Coding agents have replaced every framework I usedID dc-50 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46928590rglover, Hacker News commenterself-described: Daily use for nearly two years on Sonnet and OpusIndividual practitionerPublished Feb 7, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
AUMOVIO Boosts Software Development with an Agentic Coding Assistant Powered by Amazon BedrockID ir-11 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsaws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/aumovio-boosts-software-development-with-an-agentic-coding-assistant-powered-by-amazon-bedrock/AUMOVIO and AWS, Martin Kraus and Amir Mahdi Namazi of AUMOVIO, with AWS authorsself-described: AUMOVIO high-performance computer software teams, hackathon and pilot build with AWSProfessional teamPublished Jan 15, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: AI coding assistants are getting worse?ID dc-49 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46551011wickedsight, Hacker News commenterself-described: Work environment without cloud AIIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 9, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: I came back from Cursor to VS CodeID dc-48 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46505562masto, Hacker News commenterself-described: VS Code, pay-as-you-go for bursty useIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 5, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: A guide to local coding modelsID dc-46 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353514DrAwdeOccarim, Hacker News commenterself-described: Local Devstral Small 2 served by vLLM on a DGX SparkIndividual practitionerPublished Dec 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: A guide to local coding modelsID dc-47 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46354655jszymborski, Hacker News commenterself-described: Local quantized modelsIndividual practitionerPublished Dec 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: GPT-5.2ID dc-45 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46240408tgtweak, Hacker News commenterself-described: Long project on Claude with a 1M-token contextIndividual practitionerPublished Dec 12, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Everyone in Seattle hates AIID dc-44 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46141784sparrc, Hacker News commenter at AWSself-described: AWS, SeattleProfessional teamPublished Dec 3, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicableListed, no finding position
Comment on: Gemini 3ID dc-43 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45969923syspec, Hacker News commenterself-described: Developer with work-provided model accessIndividual practitionerPublished Nov 18, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Claude Haiku 4.5ID dc-42 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45606555Fergusonb, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 16, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Claude Code 2.0ID dc-41 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45420764esperent, Hacker News commenterself-described: Compared with Claude Code, switching APIs by priceIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 30, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Gentoo AI PolicyID dc-40 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45293597jjmarr, Hacker News commenterself-described: Software engineer at AMDIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 18, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Vibe coding as a coding veteran: from 8-bit assembly to English-as-codeID dc-39 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092938_fat_santa, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 1, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
"Cline uses complex prompts and iterative task execution that may be challenging for less capable models..."ID dc-38 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/5915John-Codes, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: Qwen3 CoderIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 31, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Cline: Vulnerable To Data Exfiltration And How To Protect Your DataID ir-10 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsembracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cline-vulnerable-to-data-exfiltration/wunderwuzzi, security researcherself-described: Security testing of ClineIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 27, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Research, Review, RebuildID ld-05 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsmartinfowler.com/articles/research-review-rebuild.htmlRahul Ramesh, Consultant Developer at ThoughtworksThoughtworks modernization of the Bahmni hospital system front end from AngularJS to React and FHIRProfessional teamPublished Aug 27, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Automatic chat compacting at 160k tokens loses critical context and causes Cline to restart completed workID dc-37 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/5790mosmondor, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: Long tasks on Claude Sonnet 4 via OpenRouterIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 24, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Comment on: AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'ID dc-36 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44984850ramesh31, Hacker News commenterself-described: Developer at a companyIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
AI isn't just a coding partner, it can be a deployment partner, tooID ld-02 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewswww.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/generative-ai/AI-is-not-just-coding-partner-it-can-be-deployment-partnerDharanikumar Premkumar, Tech Lead and Application Architect at ThoughtworksThoughtworks team deploying a five-service event-driven platform on AWS for an automotive clientProfessional teamPublished Aug 21, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: GPT-5 for DevelopersID dc-33 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44833810t1amat, Hacker News commenter who provisions tools for a teamself-described: Team lead choosing tools for the teamVery small teamPublished Aug 8, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: I want everything local - Building my offline AI workspaceID dc-34 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44840384ramesh31, Hacker News commenterself-described: Qwen and GLM models through OpenRouterIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 8, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: a quote-reply extension for Slack threads, built with GPT-5ID dc-35 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44841302KeysToHeaven, Hacker News commenterself-described: Chrome extension built with GPT-5Individual practitionerPublished Aug 8, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Claude Opus 4.1ID dc-31 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44808410chisleu, Hacker News commenterself-described: Opus or Gemini 2.5 Pro for Plan, Sonnet for ActIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 6, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: ScreenCoder: An intelligent UI-to-code generation systemID dc-32 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44813736_fat_santa, Hacker News commenterself-described: UI components built with a Figma MCP serverIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 6, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Open models by OpenAIID dc-30 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44803073NicoJuicy, Hacker News commenterself-described: Local gpt-oss 20B on an RTX 3090 through OllamaIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 5, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Tokens are getting more expensiveID dc-29 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44780949reilly3000, Hacker News commenterself-described: OpenRouter, choosing models per task by priceIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 4, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
AI evals for MCP in AIOpsID ld-01 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewswww.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/generative-ai/AI-evals-for-MCP-in-AIOpsZichuan Xiong, Global Head of AIOps at ThoughtworksThoughtworks Managed Services AIOps build for a Latin American bankTechnical leadershipPublished Jul 31, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
LISP Interpreter: Created by Cline and Qwen 3 Coder for less than US$1ID ir-09 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsgist.github.com/intellectronica/593885fcb02b0d10c4b90c77f7d26fc0Eleanor Berger, developerself-described: Solo experiment, RustIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 24, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Cline autonomously delete files without keeping track of the deleted/changed files. Very Dangerous and Critical Issue!!!ID dc-28 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/5124Revenoti, Cline user filing a GitHub issue, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 23, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
How a Real AI Agent Works Under the HoodID sx-02 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewslorenzhw.substack.com/p/how-a-real-ai-agent-works-under-theLorenz Hofmann-Wellenhof, engineerself-described: Solo; a couple of months of daily coding with Cline next to CursorIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
cline feels like an upgradeID ir-08 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewskoaning.io/posts/cline-feels-like-an-upgrade/Vincent D. Warmerdam, data scientist and developerself-described: Personal use, trying a new tool each weekIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 21, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire WindsurfID dc-27 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44574142lizardking, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 15, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Kiro: A new agentic IDEID dc-26 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44563331theturtletalks, Hacker News commenterself-described: Cline and Roo Code on OpenRouter, then Claude Code on the Max planIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 14, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf's CEO is going to GoogleID dc-25 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44539424milofeynman, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 12, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf's CEO is going to GoogleID dc-24 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44537478efitz, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 11, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Many Unexpected API Response still burning creditsID dc-23 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/4771andreas83, Cline user filing a GitHub issueself-described: Grok 3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro on paid creditsIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 9, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Case Study + Deep Dive: Telemedicine Support Agents with LangGraph/MCPID ld-04 | Talks & Podcastsai.engineer/talks/sn79oS4MZFI-case-study-deep-dive-telemedicine-support-agentsDan Mason, AI product and technology leader at StrideStride team of two engineers and a designer building a patient-support agent for a telemedicine clientProfessional teamPublished Jun 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Claude Code feels like magic because it is iterativeID dc-22 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44317230aussieguy1234, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 19, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for meID dc-21 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44295264qinsig, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 17, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
[Improvement] Cline Does Not Treat eval as an unsafe command, allowing execution of Arbitrary Shell Commands, tighten permissionsID dc-20 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/4084getsec, for a team building an MCP server on internal APIsself-described: Team building an MCP server for internal APIs, Cline with Gemini 2.5 FlashVery small teamPublished Jun 6, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Why Cline doesn't index your codebaseID dc-19 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44107810NitpickLawyer, Hacker News commenterself-described: Local models such as DevstralIndividual practitionerPublished May 27, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Claude 4ID dc-18 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44067407jjmarr, Hacker News commenterself-described: Junior developer contributing to LLVMIndividual practitionerPublished May 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Show HN: Vibe coding from your phoneID dc-17 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44041833chrisnolet, Hacker News commenterself-described: Founder of Pocket, works on Vision Pro at AppleIndividual practitionerPublished May 20, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: A flat pricing subscription for Claude CodeID dc-14 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43991392bicepjai, Hacker News commenterself-described: Solo, Rust side projectIndividual practitionerPublished May 15, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Perverse incentives of vibe codingID dc-15 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43992447theshrike79, Hacker News commenterself-described: OpenRouter, Gemini 2.5 for Plan and Claude 3.7 for ActIndividual practitionerPublished May 15, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: The unreasonable effectiveness of an LLM agent loop with tool useID dc-16 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43999497codethief, Hacker News commenterself-described: Solo, Android prototypeIndividual practitionerPublished May 15, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?ID dc-12 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43963926int_19h, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished May 12, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?ID dc-13 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43967024shmoogy, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished May 12, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: A flat pricing subscription for Claude CodeID dc-11 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43934971asaddhamani, Hacker News commenterself-described: Compared with Cursor and Copilot, on a personal API keyIndividual practitionerPublished May 9, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Ask HN: How much better are AI IDEs vs. copy pasting into chat apps?ID dc-09 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43923299Flux159, Hacker News commenterself-described: Web app, production code changesIndividual practitionerPublished May 8, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Ask HN: How much better are AI IDEs vs. copy pasting into chat apps?ID dc-10 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43924124neilsharma, Hacker News commenterself-described: Frontend React and TypeScriptIndividual practitionerPublished May 8, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
How Cline Quietly Changed The Game For Code CopilotsID ir-07 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewscoplay.dev/blog/how-cline-quietly-changed-the-game-for-code-copilotsJos van der Westhuizen, co-founder and CEO of Coplayself-described: Coplay team, 60,000-line projectVery small teamPublished May 6, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: OpenAI o3 and o4-miniID dc-06 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43712926chaboud, Hacker News commenterself-described: Individual developer with AWS Bedrock accessIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 17, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: OpenAI Codex CLI: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalID dc-07 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43713447razemio, Hacker News commenterself-described: Compared with Aider, on Claude Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 ProIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 17, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to WindsurfID dc-08 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43720452CalmStorm, Hacker News commenterself-described: Compared with Cursor, on DeepSeek V3Individual practitionerPublished Apr 17, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Roo or Cline? We're building a supersetID dc-05 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43666282danielbln, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 12, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Claude's Max PlanID dc-04 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43637340SkyPuncher, Hacker News commenterself-described: Full-time software developerIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 9, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Cline (Technology Radar, Trial)ID ir-06 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewswww.thoughtworks.com/radar/tools/clineThoughtworks Technology Advisory Boardself-described: Technology Radar blip, April 2025 editionTechnical leadershipPublished Apr 2, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Ask HN: What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted programing?ID dc-03 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43544036timbritt, Hacker News commenterself-described: Solo, building applicationsIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 1, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Ask HN: What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted programing?ID dc-02 | Developer Communitiesnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=43540418inheritedwisdom, Hacker News commenter speaking for their teamself-described: Data engineering team on Databricks, early rolloutVery small teamPublished Mar 31, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
The role of developer skills in agentic codingID ir-05 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsmartinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/13-role-of-developer-skills.htmlBirgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer and AI-assisted delivery expert at Thoughtworksself-described: Changing existing codebases with Cursor, Windsurf and ClineTechnical leadershipPublished Mar 25, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Building My First Web App with the Help of AIID ir-04 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsdev.to/kojix2/building-my-first-web-app-with-the-help-of-ai-52m0kojix2, developerself-described: Solo, first web app in CrystalIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 23, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
What's new in @cline? (X post)ID sx-01 | Developer Communitiesx.com/addyosmani/status/1897230899634471365Addy Osmani, engineer and authorself-described: Personal use of Cline in VS CodeIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 5, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
MCP MarketPlace Enterprise UseID dc-01 | Developer Communitiesgithub.com/cline/cline/issues/1870chezsmithy, for development teams in a regulated companyself-described: Highly regulated industry that vets every MCP server through infosec before releaseVery small teamPublished Feb 20, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
The Cline AI Assistant is MesmerizingID ir-03 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsmtlynch.io/notes/cline-is-mesmerizing/Michael Lynch, professional developerself-described: Solo, Zig command-line toolIndividual practitionerPublished Feb 1, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Why I use Cline for AI EngineeringID ir-02 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewsaddyo.substack.com/p/why-i-use-cline-for-ai-engineeringAddy Osmani, engineer and authorself-described: Engineering work on complex systemsIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 30, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Using AI for Coding: My Journey with Cline and Large Language ModelsID ir-01 | Engineering Blogs & Reviewspgaleone.eu/ai/coding/2025/01/26/using-ai-for-coding-my-experience/Paolo Galeone, independent developerself-described: Solo, Go and Python SaaS side projectIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 26, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Cline pricingID pd-01 | Product Documentationcline.bot/pricingCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
AuthorizationID pd-02 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/getting-started/authorizing-with-clineCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Cline (usage-billing)ID pd-03 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/getting-started/cline-providerCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
ClinePassID pd-04 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/getting-started/clinepassCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Other 30+ providersID pd-05 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/provider-config/other-30-plus-providersCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Plan & Act ModeID pd-06 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/core-workflows/plan-and-actCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Auto Approve & YOLO ModeID pd-07 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/features/auto-approveCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
CheckpointsID pd-08 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/core-workflows/checkpointsCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
RulesID pd-09 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/customization/cline-rulesCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
MCPID pd-10 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/mcp/mcp-overviewCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
CLI overviewID pd-11 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/usage/cli-overviewCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Cline DesktopID pd-12 | Product Documentationdocs.cline.bot/usage/cline-desktopCline Bot Inc.OfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
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