Cline AI Memory

Cline is trusted by 5M+ developers. But like all AI coding agents, it forgets everything between sessions. Here's how to give Cline persistent project memory.

5M+ Users MCP Native MIT License

Cline: The Open-Source VS Code AI Agent

Cline is an autonomous coding agent for VS Code with 5M+ users worldwide. It creates and edits files, runs commands, uses the browser, and more — all with your permission at every step.

💻 VS Code Extension

Runs directly in your VS Code IDE. Autonomous coding agent with Plan/Act modes.

🔌 MCP Integration

Plugs into the Model Context Protocol ecosystem. Extend with MCP tools and memory servers.

🚀 Terminal-First

Terminal-first workflows. Commands run in your local environment, not a sandbox.

🔒 Memory Problem

5M+ users. But every session starts from zero — same as Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf.

"Open-source AI coding agent with Plan/Act modes, MCP integration, and terminal-first workflows. Trusted by 5M+ developers worldwide." — cline.bot (3 days ago)

Cline Memory Bank — MCP Server for Cline

The Cline Memory Bank is an MCP server designed for persistent project context management:

"The Cline Memory Bank is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to provide persistent project context management for AI-assisted development, providing project context, session state, progress tracking, and decision logs." — MCP Market

AI Coding Agent Memory: Full Comparison

Agent	Platform	Memory Solution	Encryption	MCP
★ agent-memory	Any	MCP v3.2 server	AES-256	Yes
Cline	VS Code	Cline Memory Bank	—	Yes
Claude Code	CLI	agent-memory	AES-256	Yes
Cursor	VS Code	agent-memory	AES-256	Yes
Windsurf	VS Code	cascade-memory-bank	—	—

How to Add Memory to Cline

# 1. Install agent-memory
pip install agent-memory

# 2. Run the MCP server
python -m agent_memory.mcp_server --storage json --path ./cline_memory.json

# 3. Configure Cline's MCP settings
# Add to Cline MCP config:
# {
#   "mcpServers": {
#     "agent-memory": {
#       "command": "python",
#       "args": ["-m", "agent_memory.mcp_server", "--path", "./cline_memory.json"]
#     }
#   }
# }

# Now Cline has persistent memory across sessions
# AES-256 encryption + TTL auto-expiration

Cline with agent-memory gives you:

Persistent context — Project decisions survive sessions
AES-256 encryption — Sensitive code decisions protected
TTL auto-expiration — Stale memories auto-deleted
Semantic search — Find memories by meaning
MCP v3.2 — Works with Cline, Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP agent

The Memory Problem Across All AI Coding Agents

"The Memories feature (which remembers codebase context across sessions) gets consistent praise. The tradeoff: 25 free credits per month is too restrictive." — Morphllm: We Tested 15 AI Coding Agents (March 1, 2026)

Every major AI coding agent has the same problem: Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline — all forget at session end. The solution is the same: connect your agent to an MCP memory server.

agent-memory on GitHub Cline Official Site