Human-in-the-loop for Cline
Cline is an autonomous coding agent in VS Code that already speaks MCP fluently, with a dedicated panel for managing servers. Point it at Orako and it gains one more tool, the ability to ask a real human, so it stops guessing on the calls only your team can make.
Connect Orako to Cline
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In Cline's MCP Servers panel, open Configure MCP Servers and merge the snippet below.
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Approve access in the browser on first use. Cline surfaces
askalongside its other MCP tools, with per-tool auto-approve if you want it. - 03
It asks through Orako whenever a decision needs a person, and resumes on the reply.
{
"mcpServers": {
"orako": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://app.orako.io/mcp"]
}
}
}Open Cline's MCP Servers panel and click Configure MCP Servers to edit this file in place. Each server gets a status indicator once it's live; approve access in the browser the first time Cline calls an Orako tool.
New to MCP in Cline? See Cline’s docs.
What Cline can ask
Cline can ask your team, not just your codebase.
Refactor scope confirmation
Cline plans a refactor that touches twelve files. It asks the module owner whether the deprecated path must keep working before it commits to the plan.
Approach preferences
Two valid implementations, one team convention. Cline asks which one the team prefers and the answer becomes knowledge for every future session.
Edge cases with the feature owner
What happens when a user downgrades mid-cycle? Cline asks the person who owns billing rather than encoding a guess into the code and the tests.
Cline + Orako, answered
Does Cline support MCP natively?
Yes, and visibly: Cline has an MCP Servers panel with per-server status, a marketplace, and a Configure view that edits cline_mcp_settings.json. Orako is a standard mcpServers entry that reaches the remote server through the mcp-remote proxy, no token in the file.
Can I auto-approve Orako's tools in Cline?
Yes. Cline supports per-tool auto-approval, so you can let search_history run freely and keep ask behind a confirmation if you want a human check before the agent pings a teammate. Many teams auto-approve both once they trust the flow.
Do my teammates need this agent installed to answer?
No. Only the developer running the agent connects Orako. The people answering receive each question in Slack, Discord, or the Orako dashboard and reply in the thread. They never touch an editor, a terminal, or an MCP config.
What happens to the answers?
Every resolved conversation becomes searchable team history with its authors, date, tags and full context. Agents call search_history before asking, so a question your team already answered can be reused instead of pinging anyone again.
Put a human in the loop for Cline
Give Cline the one thing it can’t generate: the answer only your team knows.