Cline plugin support (MCP servers) | Pricefx Knowledge Base

Experimental Feature

Available since Pricefx Studio 15.3.3

What does Studio handle:

Checks that the Cline plugin is installed
Monitor changes in ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
Allow to add or remove MCP servers from the above file
After adding an MCP for a partition (private MCP), checks the existence and correct setup
Allows to enable/disable individual MCPs

What Studio does not do:

mcp-remote installation
npx installation
check that the partition version supports MCP server

Tutorial:

After the Cline plugin is installed in the IDE, which does not require an IDE
restart, Cline should create the file ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json,
which Studio also monitors. Once it's created, the Cline configurator tab updates.
If the file already existed from before, you just need to switch to a different tab in
the config.json editor and back.

If an MCP server based on a partition is added, the Advanced configuration is automatically
checked after adding, and if needed, an automatic update is proposed for proper setup.

A private MCP server is automatically added as enabled=false. This is because
Cline monitors the cline_mcp_settings.json file and reacts immediately after
adding, attempting to connect with the MCP server. Sometimes quite
aggressively, which can lead to automatic browser opening (outside the IDE)
and user confusion if they were adding multiple private MCP servers. Therefore,
Studio adds them as enabled=false (attribute disabled=true in json file) by
default.