Roo Cline: Enhanced Autonomous Programming Assistant based on Cline, Intelligent IDE Programming Assistant

General Introduction

Roo-Cline is a program based on the Cline The enhanced Autonomous Programming Assistant is a powerful plug-in for the VS Code extension. This tool enables autonomous coding in your Integrated Development Environment (IDE), with many features such as creating and editing files, executing commands, using the browser, and more, asking for your permission every step of the way. It integrates several major AI models (such as Claude 3.5 Sonnet, OpenAI, etc.), and added a number of experimental features, including multi-language support, image drag and drop, message management and other innovative features. As an open source project, it maintains the original Cline All core functionality while continuously improving and expanding its feature set through ongoing community contributions.

Function List

• Support for multiple language interfaces (English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, etc.)
• Chat interface supports image drag and drop
• Message history management and deletion
• Smart Tip Enhancement (Support) OpenRouter (Models)
• Customize browser window size and screenshot quality
• Quickly copy historical cue words
• Support for OpenRouter Compression
• System prompts contain current time information
• File system real-time monitoring optimization
• be in favor of DeepSeek V3 Model
• Integration with Amazon Nova and Meta 3/3.1/3.2 models (via AWS Bedrock)
• Support for models that list OpenAI-compliant providers
• Configurable MCP (Model Context Protocol) for automatic approvals
• Flexible MCP server enable/disable controls
• Diagnostic delay after configurable file auto-write
• Controllable number of terminal output lines

Using Help

1. Installation configuration

1. Local development environment settings:

   npm run install:all # installs all dependencies
   npm run build # build VSIX file
   

2. Two ways to install extensions:
   • Way 1: Drag and drop the .vsix file directly into VS Code's extension panel (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X)
   • Way 2: Installation via command line:

     code --install-extension bin/roo-cline-[version number].vsix
     

2. Guidance on the use of core functions

1. Basic Operations:
   • utilization CMD/CTRL + Shift + P Open the command panel
   • Type "Cline: Open In New Tab" to open a new tab in the editor.
   • Supports side-by-side use with other windows
2. API Integration:
   • Support for multiple API providers: OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, AWS Bedrock, Azure, etc.
   • Configurable with any OpenAI-compatible API
   • Support for using local models via LM Studio
   • Real-time display of token usage and API cost statistics
3. File manipulation functions:
   • Provides a diff view when creating and editing files
   • Support for editing or undoing changes directly in the diff view
   • All changes are recorded in the file timeline for easy tracking and rollback
4. Terminal Integration:
   • Execute the command directly in the terminal
   • Support for running long-term processes in the background (e.g., development servers)
   • Real-time monitoring of command output and error alerts
5. Browser interaction:
   • Support for launching a browser for testing
   • Performs clicking, text entry, scrolling, etc.
   • Ability to capture screenshots and console logs
   • Support for real-time debugging and bug fixing

3. Advanced functions

1. Customized tool integration:
   • Supported by Model Context Protocol Extended functionality
   • Customized tools can be added, such as Jira ticket capture, AWS EC2 management, etc.
   • Support for community-made extension servers
2. Context management:
   • @url: import page content as markdown
   • @problems: adding workspace errors and warnings
   • @file: Quickly add file contents
   • @folder: batch add folder contents