Connect Mintlify to Cline CLI
Give Cline CLI governed access to Mintlify’s 35 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Mintlify to Cline CLI in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Cline CLI then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Add Mintlify to Runlayer
Mintlify isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.
Adding a connector manually - 2
Connect Cline CLI to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Cline CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Cline CLI reaches Mintlify’s 35 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Cline CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to Mintlify
Sign in the way Mintlify requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
- 4
Use Mintlify from Cline CLI
Mintlify’s approved tools appear in Cline CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
35 Mintlify tools in Cline CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these Cline CLI users can call.
Agent review settings
Change whether agent edits push directly to the deploy branch (push_to_main) or open a pull request (create_pull_request).
Checkout
Select a deployment and open its editor session in one call.
Create node
Insert a node into the navigation tree under parentId (null = root).
Delete node
Remove a node and its subtree from the navigation tree by nodeId.
Diff
Returns the list of changes between current session and main.
Discard session
End the session without creating a PR.
Edit page
String-replace edit on a page Y.
Execute code
Run TypeScript/JavaScript against the Admin MCP dashboard SDK inside a sandboxed Cloudflare isolate.
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 Mintlify 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.
Frequently asked questions
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