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Connect AWS Knowledge to Cline CLI

Give Cline CLI governed access to AWS Knowledge’s 5 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add AWS Knowledge to Cline CLI in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Cline CLI then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Add AWS Knowledge to Runlayer

    AWS Knowledge isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.

    Adding a connector manually
  2. 2

    Connect Cline CLI to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Cline CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Cline CLI reaches AWS Knowledge’s 5 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Cline CLI setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to AWS Knowledge

    Sign in the way AWS Knowledge requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use AWS Knowledge from Cline CLI

    AWS Knowledge’s approved tools appear in Cline CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

5 AWS Knowledge tools in Cline CLI

Runlayer policy decides which of these Cline CLI users can call.

  • Get regional availability

    AWS resource availability per region.

  • List regions

    Retrieve a list of all AWS regions.

  • Read documentation

    Fetch full AWS doc pages as markdown.

  • Retrieve skill

    Retrieve an AWS skill (workflows, references).

  • Search documentation

    AWS docs search.

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Cline CLI

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Cline CLI exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every AWS Knowledge call from Cline CLI passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Cline CLI as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Client hooks (available)

    Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.

  • Stop a call before it runs (available)

    Runlayer can deny a tool call before Cline CLI runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (not available)

    Cline CLI ignores Runlayer after a tool runs, so Runlayer cannot block its output. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

  • Redact output in place (not available)

    Runlayer cannot mask tool output in Cline CLI. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

In Cline CLI

  • If Runlayer’s hook times out or crashes, Cline CLI lets the tool call through.
  • This covers the Cline CLI, not the Cline extension for VS Code.

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