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title: "Cline MCP config: file path, key, example · DotsAgent"
description: "Add MCP servers to Cline from Cline Bot Inc.: where the config file lives, the top-level key and format, remote OAuth support and a sample config."
url: https://dotsagent.io/mcp/clients/cline
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Cline Bot Inc.

# Add MCP servers to Cline

Cline keeps servers in cline_mcp_settings.json inside VS Code's extension storage, or in ~/.cline/mcp.json for the CLI.

- **macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json`
- **Windows**: `%APPDATA%\Code\User\globalStorage\saoudrizwan.claude-dev\settings\cline_mcp_settings.json`
- **Linux**: `~/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json`
- **CLI**: `~/.cline/mcp.json`
- **Top-level key**: `mcpServers`
- **Format**: json
- **OAuth for remote servers**: 

## Example config

This example adds GitHub's hosted server and Playwright as a local server, in the shape this client expects.

`~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json`

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "disabled": false
    },
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ],
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}
```

## Notes and quirks

- Remote entries need type streamableHttp; without it Cline falls back to legacy SSE.
- The paths shown are for stable VS Code. Other VS Code forks keep their own globalStorage folder.
- Entries also accept disabled and autoApprove, a list of tool names.
- OAuth for remote servers isn't documented.
- cline mcp opens an interactive setup wizard.

[Build a Cline config →](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/config#client=cline)

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## Sources

1. [docs.cline.bot](https://docs.cline.bot/mcp/configuring-mcp-servers)/mcp/configuring-mcp-servers
2. [github.com](https://github.com/cline/cline)/cline/cline

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