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Cline CLI is an autonomous coding agent for interactive terminal sessions. Cline CLI launched with Ollama selected as the provider

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Install

Install the Cline CLI. For the IDE extension, see Cline. 
npm install -g cline
If Cline CLI is not installed and npm is available, ollama launch cline will prompt to install cline@latest.

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Usage with Ollama

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Quick setup

ollama launch cline
When launched through ollama launch cline, Ollama sets Cline’s provider to Ollama, points it at the local Ollama endpoint, and selects the model you choose. To configure without launching: 
ollama launch cline --config

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Run directly with a model

ollama launch cline --model qwen3.5
To use a cloud model: 
ollama launch cline --model kimi-k2.6:cloud

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Pass a prompt to Cline

Arguments after -- are passed directly to Cline: 
ollama launch cline -- "summarize this repository"
To open Cline’s Kanban board: 
ollama launch cline -- kanban
Cline Kanban board opened from the CLI

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Manual setup

To configure Cline CLI manually, first make sure Ollama is running and the model you want to use is available: 
ollama pull qwen3.5
Then run Cline’s interactive auth flow: 
cline auth
Select Ollama as the provider, use http://localhost:11434 as the base URL if prompted, and choose a model such as qwen3.5 or kimi-k2.6:cloud. To check the current Cline configuration: 
cline config
To start an interactive session: 
cline