---
name: Anchorify + Cline
---

# Anchorify + Cline

[Cline](https://github.com/cline/cline) (formerly Claude Dev) runs
an agentic Claude loop inside VS Code. Each task produces a
conversation that lives in Cline's sidebar — handy in-context,
awkward to share. Anchorify gives you a stable URL for the
finished transcript with no copy-paste.

## Export the active task

Cline → kebab menu (`⋯`) on the task → **Export Task**. Pick
markdown. You get a `cline-task-<id>.md` file in your downloads
folder.

Publish it:

```bash
anchorify ~/Downloads/cline-task-*.md
```

The CLI prints a URL on stdout. Send that to whoever asked for the
transcript.

## Auto-publish task exports

Cline stores its history under
`~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/tasks/<id>/` (macOS)
or the equivalent VS Code globalStorage path on your OS. The
per-task folder contains a `ui_messages.json` and a
`conversation_history.json`. To publish the markdown export of any
task whose ID you know:

```bash
TASK=<task-id>
DIR=~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/tasks/$TASK
just node -e "/* … render conversation_history.json as md … */" \
  | anchorify - --slug cline-$TASK
```

(Replace the `node -e` payload with whichever JSON-to-markdown
renderer you prefer — the official Export Task button does this
already; this recipe is for power users wiring it into automation.)

## Visibility

Set per-publish via `--public` (default), `--unlisted`, or
`--members`. For team-internal transcripts, prefer `--members` so
non-members hit the sign-in page rather than a public URL.

## Install

```bash
npm i -g anchorify-cli
anchorify login
```

Then create an API token at
<https://anchorify.io/dashboard>.