Cline

Cline ships with its own MCP config file. Open the Cline panel, click the settings cog, and select “Edit MCP settings” - or open the file directly:

<VS Code user dir>/cline_mcp_settings.json

(Exact path depends on your VS Code install; the panel’s deep-link is the easiest route.)

1. Index a docs site

pinax add stripe

2. Add the server entry

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinax": {
      "command": "pinax",
      "args": ["serve"],
    },
  },
}

Pin a single docs site with "args": ["serve", "stripe"].

3. Reload Cline

Click the refresh icon in the Cline MCP servers list, or reload the VS Code window.

4. Use it

In a Cline conversation, the new Pinax tools surface under the MCP section. Cline tends to be more explicit than Claude/Cursor about which tool it’s about to call - useful while iterating on a new docs site.

Troubleshooting

• Cline runs inside the VS Code extension host; if pinax isn’t on that process’s PATH, use the absolute path from which pinax.
• The Cline MCP panel surfaces server stdout/stderr - start there before reaching for pinax serve --http.