pi-cline

Cline / ClinePass OAuth provider extension for pi.

This package adds two providers to pi:

Provider	ID	Account type	Typical use
Cline	cline	Organization or personal Cline account	Recommended/free models plus a broader catalog
ClinePass	cline-pass	Personal Cline account	ClinePass model set

After install and login, you can pick Cline models from /model and use them like any other pi provider.

Install

Requires a working pi install.

# From npm
pi install npm:@maxpaulus/pi-cline

# From git
pi install git:github.com/maxpaulus43/pi-cline

# Local checkout (useful while developing)
pi install /absolute/path/to/pi-cline
# or
pi install ./relative/path/to/pi-cline

Install is user-scoped by default (~/.pi/agent/settings.json). Use -l to install into the current project instead:

pi install -l npm:@maxpaulus/pi-cline

Try it for a single run without installing:

pi -e npm:@maxpaulus/pi-cline

Update later with:

pi update --extensions
# or just this package
pi update npm:@maxpaulus/pi-cline

Quick start

1. Install the package (see above).

2. Start pi.

3. Log in:

   /login
   

   Then choose Cline or ClinePass.

4. Complete the device login in your browser when prompted.

5. Select a model:

   /model
   

   Or from the CLI:

   pi --provider cline --model <model-id>
   pi --provider cline-pass --model cline-pass/deepseek-v4-flash
   

Login

Both providers use WorkOS device-code OAuth against Cline (api.cline.bot).

Cline (/login → Cline)

• Starts device authorization and opens/shows a verification URL.
• After auth succeeds, if your account has organizations, pi asks which account should be active (personal or an org).
• Tokens are stored by pi in ~/.pi/agent/auth.json and refresh automatically.

ClinePass (/login → ClinePass)

• Same device login flow.
• Forces the personal Cline account after login (ClinePass is personal-account based).

Logout

/logout

Then select the provider to clear stored credentials.

Switch organization / account

After logging into Cline, switch the active personal vs organization account without re-logging in:

/cline-org

This command:

• Requires an interactive UI session
• Requires existing Cline OAuth credentials (/login with Cline first)
• Shows personal and organization options, with credit balances when available
• Marks the currently active account with ✓

ClinePass always uses the personal account after login; use /cline-org if you also use the cline provider and need to change orgs there.

Models

Cline provider (cline)

Model list is built at startup from:

1. Cline recommended/free models (/api/v1/ai/cline/recommended-models)
2. A broader catalog derived from models.dev (OpenRouter + selected Vercel/ZAI entries), with a local cache under your user cache dir

If both sources fail, the provider still registers but may have an empty model list until the next successful fetch.

ClinePass provider (cline-pass)

Uses Cline’s live clinePass recommended list when available, and falls back to a bundled catalog

List models after install:

pi --list-models cline
pi --list-models cline-pass

Commands

Command	Description
/login	Authenticate with Cline or ClinePass (provider picker)
/logout	Clear stored credentials for a provider
/model	Pick a Cline / ClinePass model
/cline-org	Choose the active Cline personal or organization account

How it works

• Registers providers via pi.registerProvider():
  • cline — org-aware login + full model catalog
  • cline-pass — personal-account login + ClinePass models
• API base: https://api.cline.bot/api/v1
• Auth: WorkOS device code → Cline token register/refresh
• Access tokens are sent as Authorization: Bearer workos:… (prefix added when needed)
• Client headers include X-CLIENT-TYPE: pi and User-Agent: pi-cline-oauth-extension
• Claude models and Qwen models with advertised cache pricing use Cline's ephemeral prompt-cache controls; other models retain their upstream automatic caching behavior

Source layout:

index.ts          # providers, OAuth login/refresh
cline-account.ts  # /cline-org + post-login account selection
cline-models.ts   # model catalog fetch/cache + ClinePass fallbacks

Development

npm install
npx changelogger install

Load a local checkout in pi:

pi install /absolute/path/to/pi-cline
# or one-shot
pi -e /absolute/path/to/pi-cline

Peer dependencies (provided by pi itself):

• @earendil-works/pi-ai
• @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent

Publishing is handled by GitHub Actions on main when package.json version differs from npm (@maxpaulus/pi-cline).

Links

• npm: @maxpaulus/pi-cline
• Repository: maxpaulus43/pi-cline
• pi docs: Packages, Providers
• Changelog: CHANGELOG.md