> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nika.sh/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Use Nika with Cline

> Add the read-only Nika oracle to Cline's cline_mcp_settings.json — hot-reloaded, no restart; one wire command in the next release.

[Cline](https://github.com/cline/cline) configures MCP servers in
`cline_mcp_settings.json` — Cursor-style `mcpServers` record — and
hot-reloads the file (a watcher picks up external writes, no restart).
The binary comes first: `brew install supernovae-st/tap/nika`
([other paths](/getting-started/installation)).

Add the `nika` entry:

```json theme={"system"}
{ "mcpServers": { "nika": { "command": "nika", "args": ["mcp"] } } }
```

## Where the file lives

Cline's settings live in two generations of home:

* **Today's extension** keeps `settings/cline_mcp_settings.json` under the
  host IDE's globalStorage — the dir name `saoudrizwan.claude-dev` is
  stable across VS Code · Cursor · Windsurf · VSCodium · Insiders. On
  macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/<Host>/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json`
  (elsewhere: `~/.config/<Host>/User/globalStorage/…`). Cline's own MCP
  Servers panel edits the same file.
* **The stable home** — `~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json` —
  is what the Cline CLI reads today and where the extension migrates next.

`nika wire cline` ships in the next release and resolves this for you: a
host IDE's existing extension dir wins (the live, hot-reloaded file); none
existing falls back to the stable home. Idempotent, unrelated servers
preserved.

## Verify

Cline's MCP Servers view lists `nika` with the eight `nika_*` tools
([the oracle's contract](/reference/mcp-server)). The repo side comes from
`nika init` (`AGENTS.md`, rules). Then prove the loop end-to-end:
[integrate in 10 minutes](/integrations/quickstart).