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What is Cline?

Cline is an open source AI coding agent that brings frontier AI models directly to your IDE. When integrated with the Novageness Security AI Gateway, all AI requests from Cline are securely routed through Novageness, enabling centralized guardrails, observability, and provider routing.

Prerequisites

  • Novageness account — Sign up at gateway.novageness.com if you don’t have one
  • Cline extension — Installed in VS Code or Cursor

Get Your API Key

Go to gateway.novageness.com/connect and copy your API Key and Base URL.

Configuration

  1. Open Extensions (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X)
  2. Search “Cline” and Install the extension
  3. Open the Cline extension
  4. Select “Bring your own API key”
  5. Set API Provider to “OpenAI Compatible”
  6. Base URL: https://api.novageness.com/v1
  7. API Key: Paste the API key from the connect page
  8. Select a model (e.g., gpt-4o, claude-sonnet-4-6)
  9. Save & Continue

Usage

After configuration, Cline will automatically route all AI requests through the Novageness Gateway. All requests will be monitored, secured, and routed according to your organization’s policy settings.

Novageness CLI

Install the CLI to set up and manage tools

Tool Policies

Configure security guardrails for AI tools