Install pail in Cline

Get pail's MCP server connected to Cline in under two minutes. The server exposes all 10 tools; plan gates still apply, including Pro access for preview.

Prerequisites

• VS Code with the Cline extension installed
• A pail account at pail.thalos.ai (free tier is fine)
• Your API key from the welcome page after sign-in

Install

Open the Cline extension sidebar → MCP settings (the plug icon) → Add Server. Enter the JSON above. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from your pail welcome page.

{
  "pail": {
    "url": "https://pail.thalos.ai/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
  }
}

Verify installation

Open the Cline MCP settings panel. pail should appear in the server list with a green connected status.

# Open Cline → MCP settings
# pail should appear as a connected server

First share

With pail connected, ask your agent to share a file. This verifies that the tool is reachable and your API key is working.

# In Cline chat, ask your agent:
share a file called hello.md with the content "# Hello from pail!"

The agent calls the share tool and returns a URL. Open it in your browser to see the rendered Markdown.

Next steps