Subconscious

How to use Cline with Subconscious

Let your AI do the setup. Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT or any assistant.

Set up Cline to use Subconscious as its model provider.

Subconscious is an inference API for agents. It serves open models through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, billed per token.
- OpenAI-compatible base URL: https://api.subconscious.dev/v1
- Anthropic-compatible base URL: https://api.subconscious.dev
- Model: subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon
- API key: read it from the SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY environment variable. Never commit the key or paste it into project files. If it is not set, ask me to create one at https://platform.subconscious.dev.

Follow these steps. Run commands and edit files yourself. For any step in a settings screen, tell me exactly what to click and what to enter.

1. Install Cline
Open the Extensions view (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X), search for Cline and install it.

2. Create a Subconscious API key
Sign in at https://platform.subconscious.dev and create an API key. You will paste it into the settings screen below.

3. Choose the OpenAI Compatible provider
Open Cline settings with the gear icon and set API Provider to OpenAI Compatible.

4. Enter the Subconscious endpoint
Fill in these fields. You can also set the context window and max output tokens under Model Configuration.
   - Base URL: https://api.subconscious.dev/v1
   - API key: Your Subconscious API key
   - Model ID: subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon

Full guide: https://www.subconscious.dev/agents/terminal-and-ide/cline.md

When you are done, confirm the tool is using subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon, then summarize what you changed.

To use Cline with Subconscious, open Cline's settings, set the API Provider to OpenAI Compatible, enter base URL https://api.subconscious.dev/v1 and your Subconscious API key, and set the model to subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon. Cline then plans and edits code on GLM-5.3 Marathon, billed per token.

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Before you start

  • VS Code, a VS Code fork, or a JetBrains IDE
  • A Subconscious account and API key

Cline docs · Source on GitHub

Set up Cline

  1. Step 1: Install Cline

    Open the Extensions view (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X), search for Cline and install it.

  2. Step 2: Create a Subconscious API key

    Sign in at https://platform.subconscious.dev and create an API key. You will paste it into the settings screen below.

  3. Step 3: Choose the OpenAI Compatible provider

    Open Cline settings with the gear icon and set API Provider to OpenAI Compatible.

  4. Step 4: Enter the Subconscious endpoint

    Fill in these fields. You can also set the context window and max output tokens under Model Configuration.

    Base URL
    https://api.subconscious.dev/v1
    API key
    Your Subconscious API key
    Model ID
    subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon

Why run Cline on Subconscious

Long sessions stay fast
2x faster task completion on long tasks than standard open-model inference, especially past 200k tokens of context.
Context that keeps going
The OrangeLine runtime compresses the parts of context that stopped mattering, on the GPU, while the run continues. That gives a 5M+ token context window with no stop-and-compact pause.
Lower cost on long tasks
50% to 80% lower cost on long tasks, because the runtime processes far fewer tokens. Cached input bills at a steep discount, and agentic coding sees cache hit rates above 95%.
Your data stays yours
Prompts, inputs and outputs are not recorded, and nothing you send is used to train a model.

Connection details

For any client that takes a custom OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible endpoint.

OpenAI-compatible base URL
https://api.subconscious.dev/v1
Anthropic-compatible base URL
https://api.subconscious.dev
API key
From subc login or the Subconscious dashboard
Model
subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon
Multimodal, high-throughput model
subconscious/deepseek-v4.1-flash-marathon

Full reference in the Subconscious API docs.

Questions

Which Subconscious model should I use with Cline?
Start with subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon, an open frontier coding model built for long agent runs. subconscious/deepseek-v4.1-flash-marathon is a cheaper, high-throughput alternative that also takes image input. Use the full model ID, including the subconscious/ prefix.
Is Cline on Subconscious OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible?
This guide connects Cline through the OpenAI-compatible Subconscious API. Subconscious serves both formats: OpenAI Chat Completions at https://api.subconscious.dev/v1 and Anthropic Messages at https://api.subconscious.dev.
How is Cline usage on Subconscious billed?
Per token by default, with no commitment. Heavy users can switch to a monthly token plan: a fixed price for a large daily token allowance shared across your team.

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