Cline OpenFile Resource/Prepare an application
How to: Cline OpenFile Prepare an application
Add OpenFile to Cline
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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": {
"openfile": {
"url": "https://mcp.joinopenfile.com"
}
}
}-
02
Save the file and restart Cline.
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03
Prepare an application is surfaced wherever your client lets you attach context. It is context to attach, not an action to run.
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04
If it does not appear, check that OpenFile is connected and that you are looking at its resources rather than its tools.
Cline's MCP Servers pane edits this file for you if you would rather not find it. Cline docs
Same resource, other clients
Read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling resources/list on 11 November 2026.
A listing does not declare its resources, so asking is the only way to know them, and this
is what the server actually offers rather than what its listing claims. Names only are
stored; connect the server for each resource's type and contents.