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Excellent in Cline, as one entry in its own config

The installer writes one excellent entry into ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json, in JSON, under mcpServers, and leaves the rest of the file alone. Restart Cline afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.

curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh

It runs excellent install-agent-mcps, which writes the entry and prints Cline CLI: linked.

The entry and the setup prompt

~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"excellent": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "/absolute/path/to/node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js"
],
"cwd": "/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist",
"env": {}
}
}
}
Setup prompt · paste it into Cline
Set up Excellent (excellent.so) in Cline for me. First run: curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh
If its output has a line starting "Cline CLI: linked" or "Cline CLI: already-linked", skip to the last step.
Otherwise open ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json (create it as {} if it is missing) and add this under the top-level "mcpServers" object, creating that object if needed and keeping everything else in the file unchanged:
"excellent": {"type":"stdio","command":"/absolute/path/to/node","args":["/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js"],"cwd":"/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist","env":{}}
Replace /absolute/path/to/node with the output of `node -p process.execPath`, and /absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist with the output of `echo "$(npm root -g)/@excellent-so/cli/dist"`.
Last step: tell me to restart Cline, because it only sees the new server after a restart.

It runs the installer and looks for Cline CLI: linked; if that line is missing it adds the entry by hand, then asks you to restart.

Agent
ClineCline
Config file
~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.jsonmacOS
Linux, Windows
Linux: the same path. Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cline\data\settings\cline_mcp_settings.jsonNot supported yet
Format
JSON, under mcpServersmcpServers, with type: "stdio"
Detected by
the cline binary
The installer prints
Cline CLI: linked
Restart
Restart Cline afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.
Undo
Delete the "excellent" entry under "mcpServers" in ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json, then restart Cline.
Source
micro packages/core/src/agent-clis.ts:1019
Cline docs

The CLI on npm today, 0.1.0 (checked October 23, 2026), predates install-agent-mcps: the installer skips this step, says so, and changes no agent config. Paste the setup prompt, or add the entry by hand as the setup doc shows.

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