CLI Overview

# Interactive session
cline

# Run one task immediately
cline "refactor this module to use async/await"

# Structured output for scripts
cline --json "list TODO comments"

# CI/script style execution
git diff | cline "review these changes"

# JSON for parsing
cline --json "summarize this changelog" | jq -r '.text'

cline --auto-approve true "run tests and fix failures"

# plan-first
cline -p "design migration plan"

# act immediately (default)
cline "apply migration"

cline --help
cline <command> --help

cat README.md | cline "summarize key setup steps"
git diff | cline "review for potential regressions"

git diff | cline "explain these changes" | cline "write a commit message"

export CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS='{"allow": ["npm *", "git *"], "deny": ["rm -rf *", "sudo *"]}'

cline -i "fix the layout issue shown in @./screenshot.png"

# or reference inline
cline "fix the UI shown in @./design-mockup.png"

cline --timeout 600 "run full test suite"

{"type":"say","text":"I'll create the file now.","ts":1760501486669,"say":"text"}