Cline + NeoSmith

Cline is an agentic plan/act coding agent with three front ends — the VS Code extension, the JetBrains plugin, and the standalone cline CLI. It supports OpenAI-compatible endpoints, so it points at NeoSmith directly.

• Endpoint: https://router.neosmith.ai/v1
• Format: OpenAI Compatible
• Model: neosmith.intelligent-pro

Since Cline 4.x, all three front ends read the same global config, so wiring it once covers the editor and the terminal:

($CLINE_DIR || ~/.cline)/data/settings/providers.json   # provider, key, model, baseUrl
($CLINE_DIR || ~/.cline)/data/settings/models.json      # context window + capabilities

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Install

• VS Code / forks: Extensions → search “Cline” → Install
• JetBrains: Settings → Plugins → Marketplace → search “Cline” → Install → restart IDE
• Standalone CLI: npm i -g @cline/cli → run cline (add -i for the TUI)

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Configure

With the NeoSmith CLI (recommended)

neosmith cline on

That writes both files above, registers the openai-compatible provider, and sets lastUsedProvider so the provider it wrote is the one Cline actually uses. neosmith cline off restores your pre-connect config byte-for-byte, including which provider was selected.

By hand — standalone CLI

cline auth is fully non-interactive and writes the same providers.json:

cline auth -p openai-compatible \
  -k sk-plus-yourname-xxxxxx \
  -m neosmith.intelligent-pro \
  -b https://router.neosmith.ai/v1

Check it with cline config (needs a TTY), or read ~/.cline/data/settings/providers.json directly.

By hand — VS Code / JetBrains

Open Cline’s settings (gear icon in the Cline panel) and set:

API Provider:  OpenAI Compatible
Base URL:      https://router.neosmith.ai/v1
API Key:       sk-plus-yourname-xxxxxx
Model ID:      neosmith.intelligent-pro

Save. Cline’s plan/act/verify loops now run on NeoSmith.

On Cline 3.x? The provider lived in VS Code’s extension state (state.vscdb) back then, not in ~/.cline — the gear-icon UI above is the only way in, and neosmith cline on prints these values for exactly that case.

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Recommended settings

Setting	Value	Why
Model ID	neosmith.intelligent-pro	Default tier; escalates to Opus on hard tasks
Enable streaming	On	NeoSmith supports SSE streaming
Tool/function calling	On	Required for Cline’s agentic actions

For lower-cost, non-escalating use, set Model ID to neosmith.intelligent-basic (Sonnet-tier, no Opus) or neosmith.neolite (SLM-only).

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Verify

• Editor: open the Cline panel and ask it to read and summarize a file in your project.
• CLI: cline "Reply with exactly the word NEOSMITHOK and nothing else."
• Either: neosmith cline status reports the wired environment, the model, and whether the NeoSmith provider is the selected one.

To confirm the traffic routed through NeoSmith, curl /whoami with your key (see Verify Connection in the Reference section).

Troubleshooting

• Connection test fails: Confirm the Base URL is exactly https://router.neosmith.ai/v1 (include /v1, no trailing slash).
• 400 Unknown model: Use neosmith.intelligent-pro, not a gpt-* name.
• Config written, nothing changed: neosmith cline status — if it says NOT the active provider, something switched lastUsedProvider after the connect. Re-run neosmith cline off && neosmith cline on, or pick NeoSmith in Cline’s provider dropdown.
• The CLI and the editor disagree: they share one file. Check $CLINE_DIR and $CLINE_PROVIDER_SETTINGS_PATH — either one relocates the config for whichever process has it set.
• More: Troubleshooting