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Cline AdButler setup_api_key

How to: Cline AdButler setup_api_key

client:Cline transport:streamable-http tool:setup_api_key

Add AdButler to Cline

  1. 01

    Open ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.adbutler.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Cline.

  2. 03

    Ask for something setup_api_key does. Cline lists the server's tools on connect and calls setup_api_key itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that AdButler's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Cline's MCP Servers pane edits this file for you if you would rather not find it. Cline docs

Set these first

AdButler will not start until these are set, so setup_api_key never becomes available.

  • ADBUTLER_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.