Cline CLI for shell automation
August 16, 2025·Senior Software Engineer
Been trying Cline from the terminal to help with complex commands and script generation. The diff preview + checkpoints feel good, but it's a bit chatty and setup was a pain. Anyone figured out a clean CLI workflow?
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I skipped Docker and went pure CLI—works fine once you wire up your API key. Added .clinerules to auto-approve safe commands. No more manual installs after that.
Tried CLI and VS Code both. CLI is slick and editor-agnostic, but I miss inline diff and syntax highlighting. Might stick to CLI for scripting and IDE for code-generation.
The git command suggestions are really helpful, especially for less common operations like interactive rebasing.