trovex for Cline

Cline (the VS Code agent) manages MCP servers from its MCP Servers panel and cline_mcp_settings.json. Add trovex as a remote streamable-HTTP server and the agent gets one canonical doc per query — about 60% fewer tokens.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trovex": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "http://localhost:8765/mcp"
    }
  }
}

trovex is in private beta — request access first; the steps below work once you're in.

Setup, step by step

1. Index your repo.
   $ uv run trovex index /path/to/repo
2. Start trovex. It serves MCP over HTTP at http://localhost:8765/mcp.
   $ uv run trovex serve
3. Open the MCP Servers panel in Cline, switch to the Remote Servers tab (or edit cline_mcp_settings.json directly) and add the snippet above.
4. Enable it. trovex appears in the server list with its trovex tool ready for the agent.

Cline's remote-server field names have changed across releases. If trovex doesn't connect, check Cline's current MCP docs for the exact transport key your version expects.

Why Cline users want it

Cline reads files directly, which is exactly the pattern that burns tokens when project knowledge is spread across many markdown docs. trovex hands Cline the one canonical doc that answers a query — section-level, with a freshness marker — so it stops opening several files to find the current one. About 60% fewer tokens per lookup, plus a shared write path so what Cline learns is saved once and read back later.