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Add SpecStream to Cline and let the coding agent pull live web data into your work. You see the price first, and each record that comes back names the page its values were read from.

SpecStream for ClineCoding agents
SpecStream for Cline is coming soon

Until SpecStream is in Cline's marketplace, run cline mcp install specstream --transport http https://api.specstream.ai/mcp and sign in to SpecStream in the browser window that opens.

What you need

  • A SpecStream account. The first $10 of work is free for 30 days.
  • Cline, as the extension or the command-line tool.

  1. 1. Install SpecStream

    Open the MCP Servers panel in Cline, find SpecStream in the marketplace, and install it. The server is https://api.specstream.ai/mcp, over Streamable HTTP.

    The command line installs the same server:

    Cline command line
    cline mcp install specstream --transport http https://api.specstream.ai/mcp

  2. 2. Sign in to SpecStream

    A browser window opens for SpecStream's sign-in. Sign in and approve the access Cline asks for. SpecStream uses OAuth for this, so there is no key to paste.

  3. 3. Ask Cline

    Describe the data you need and the details to bring back. For example:

    In a Cline task
    Find open-source Go libraries for parsing PDFs, with each one's repository, license, and the date of its latest release.

  4. 4. Or add the server by hand

    Use this when you'd rather edit the settings file, or when the machine has no browser. In the extension, choose MCP Servers, then Remote Servers. Name the server specstream, enter the address, and pick Streamable HTTP. Or add the entry shown below to cline_mcp_settings.json.

    On a machine with no browser, create an API key. Open Agents & API in the workspace, go to API keys, and select Create API key. Then add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" } to the entry and keep autoApprove empty.

    cline_mcp_settings.json
    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "specstream": {
          "type": "streamableHttp",
          "url": "https://api.specstream.ai/mcp",
          "disabled": false,
          "autoApprove": []
        }
      }
    }

Approvals in Cline

Leave autoApprove empty in SpecStream's entry. With the list empty, Cline asks before it runs a SpecStream tool. A run spends from your balance, so you should see it before it starts. SpecStream adds its own gate: nothing paid begins until you approve the price it quotes.

What Cline calls

A request moves through these tools in order.

  • compile reads the request and says what SpecStream will look for.
  • quote_capacity_work prices the request. It spends nothing.
  • authorize_capacity_work starts the work after you approve the maximum.
  • get_find follows progress, and list_find_rows reads the rows as they arrive, each with its source.

After the run

export_find makes a download link as CSV, Excel, JSON, or HTML. send_to_destination sends selected rows to a tool you've connected under Connections. Stopping a run keeps what it found so far. For results that should stay current, ask Cline to create a monitor with create_capacity_schedule, and read more about schedules.

If Cline can't add a remote server

Use the stdio bridge instead. Install it with Python 3.12 or newer: pip install specstream-mcp-stdio. Set SPECSTREAM_API_KEY in the environment Cline starts from. Then add an entry whose command is specstream-mcp-stdio and whose env sets SPECSTREAM_MCP_URL to https://api.specstream.ai/mcp. If the executable isn't on your PATH, put its full path in command.

Limits and cost

Asking, reading the request back, and pricing cost nothing. You pay for the matches delivered, never more than the maximum you approved. Read or prepare access can price a request but can't start it. Execute access can, up to the key's spending limit. See how quotes and billing work.

Disconnect

Revoke Cline's access in SpecStream's Settings. A key you created for it can be revoked in Agents & API. Results you saved stay where they are. Questions: [email protected].

More

SpecStream for Cline covers what it does in Cline on one page. Every other tool has its guide in Connect your tools. You see the most a request can cost before it starts, and only the matches come out of your balance. Billing has the details. For help, email [email protected].