docs(clients): document Cline CLI setup

Author: masterkain

README.md

@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ npx -y @continuedev/cli@latest -p \
 <details>
 <summary><img src=".github/assets/cline-favicon.png" alt="Cline logo" width="16" height="16"> Cline <code>~/.cline</code> + <code>~/.cline/mcp.json</code></summary>
 
-Cline's OpenAI-compatible provider id is `openai`. Configure it with the Pool
-API key, the Codex Pooler `/v1` base URL, and the model id that your assigned
-Pool can serve.
+Cline CLI accepts `openai` as shorthand for its OpenAI-compatible provider and
+stores it as `openai-compatible`. Configure it with the Pool API key, the Codex
+Pooler `/v1` base URL, and the model id that your assigned Pool can serve.
 
 ```bash
 cline auth \
@@ -560,6 +560,16 @@ cline auth \
   --modelid gpt-5.5
 ```
 
+Check the headless CLI path after saving auth:
+
+```bash
+cline --provider openai \
+  --model gpt-5.5 \
+  --json \
+  --auto-approve false \
+  'Reply with exactly: cline ok'
+```
+
 For optional operator MCP in Cline CLI, add the remote server to
 `~/.cline/mcp.json`. Codex Pooler does not require this for model use. The VS
 Code extension opens its own MCP settings JSON from the Cline MCP Servers panel;

docs-site/src/content/docs/clients/cline.mdx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Cline
 description: Configure Cline with Codex Pooler's narrow OpenAI-compatible /v1 surface and optional operator MCP metadata access.
 ---
 
-Cline's OpenAI-compatible provider id is `openai`. Configure it with the Pool API key, the Codex Pooler `/v1` base URL, and the model id that your assigned Pool can serve.
+Cline CLI accepts `openai` as shorthand for its OpenAI-compatible provider and stores it as `openai-compatible`. Configure it with the Pool API key, the Codex Pooler `/v1` base URL, and the model id that your assigned Pool can serve.
 
 ```bash
 cline auth \
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ cline auth \
 
 For local setup, change `--baseurl` to `http://localhost:4000/v1`.
 
+Check the headless CLI path after saving auth:
+
+```bash
+cline --provider openai \
+  --model gpt-5.5 \
+  --json \
+  --auto-approve false \
+  'Reply with exactly: cline ok'
+```
+
 For optional operator MCP in Cline CLI, add the remote server to `~/.cline/mcp.json`. Codex Pooler does not require this for model use. The VS Code extension opens its own MCP settings JSON from the Cline MCP Servers panel; use the same `mcpServers` shape there.
 
 ```json