Cline

Cline VS Code extension and Cline home-data task storage.

Source: src/providers/cline.ts
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Test: tests/providers/cline.test.ts

Where it reads from

Two task roots are scanned:

VS Code extension globalStorage for saoudrizwan.claude-dev.
Cline's home-data root at ~/.cline/data.

Both roots are expected to contain a tasks/ child directory. Discovery is delegated to discoverClineTasks in src/providers/vscode-cline-parser.ts, so a task is only included when it has a ui_messages.json file.

Storage format

Per-task directories with:

tasks/<taskId>/
  ui_messages.json
  api_conversation_history.json
  task_metadata.json

ui_messages.json provides the api_req_started usage entries. api_conversation_history.json is used for model extraction. See vscode-cline-parser for the full schema description. task_metadata.json is part of Cline's task layout but is not read by CodeBurn today.

Caching

None at the provider level; delegates to the shared helper and normal parser/cache layers.

Deduplication

Discovery deduplicates by task id across the two Cline roots so a migrated task is not scanned twice. If the same task id exists in multiple roots, the one with the newest ui_messages.json wins. Parsing still uses the shared per-call key: <providerName>:<taskId>:<index>.

Quirks

This provider is intentionally a thin wrapper over the shared Cline-family parser.
Cline can keep data in both VS Code globalStorage and ~/.cline/data, depending on version and workflow.
If Cline changes the JSON shape, fix vscode-cline-parser.ts only if Roo Code and KiloCode still pass. Branch provider-specific parsing rather than duplicating the whole parser.

When fixing a bug here

Reproduce with a minimal task directory containing ui_messages.json and api_conversation_history.json.
Run tests/providers/cline.test.ts, plus tests/providers/roo-code.test.ts and tests/providers/kilo-code.test.ts if the shared parser changes.
Keep the provider name cline; downstream filters and dedup keys depend on it.

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