cline - VS Code agent with screen memory

Cline is an autonomous AI coding agent for VS Code with 30k+ GitHub stars. it supports MCP servers, so you can connect screenpipe to give Cline context about what you've been working on across all your apps.

setup

1. open VS Code with Cline installed
2. open Cline settings (gear icon in Cline panel)
3. go to MCP Servers
4. add screenpipe:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenpipe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "screenpipe-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

5. click the refresh icon to reload MCP servers

usage

once configured, Cline can search your screen history while coding:

> I was reading documentation about async/await patterns earlier,
> find it and help me apply those patterns here

> what error messages have I seen in my terminal today?

> find the API response format I was looking at in the browser

plan mode with context

Cline's "Plan" mode works great with screenpipe:

1. switch to Plan mode
2. ask Cline to find relevant context from your screen history
3. let it create a plan based on what you've been working on
4. switch to Act mode to execute

> [Plan mode] I was researching authentication patterns earlier,
> find what I was looking at and plan how to implement it here

available tools

screenpipe provides:

• search-content - search screen OCR, audio transcriptions, input events

requirements

• screenpipe running on localhost:3030
• VS Code with Cline extension
• Node.js >= 18.0.0

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