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Setting Up Cline with Datamates

Connect Datamates to Cline to use your AI assistant with MCP (Model Context Protocol) server capabilities.

Configuration Steps

Step 1: Install Extension in IDE

  1. Open Extensions in your IDE (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X).
  2. Search for "Datamates".
  3. Find Datamates by Altimate AI.
  4. Click Install.

Step 2: Add Instance Name and API Key

Configure your Altimate credentials in the Datamates extension:

  1. Click Select datamate on the bottom of your IDE screen.
  2. Click on the vertical ellipse on the top right of the Datamate menu.
  3. Select view credentials.
  4. Select your Datamates' plan: Either Community, Pro, or Team Plan or Enterprise Plan.
  5. Enter your Altimate Instance Name (e.g., mycompany).
  6. Enter your Altimate API Key.

Note

To find your API Key and instance name:

  1. Navigate to the Datamates website.
  2. On the sidebar, click settings.
  3. Click API Key.

Step 3: Run Altimate Diagnostics and Copy Server URL

  1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P).
  2. Run: Datamates: Run Altimate Diagnostics.
  3. Wait for diagnostics to complete successfully.
  4. Copy the server URL from the diagnostics output (it will look like http://localhost:7700/sse).

Note

The port number (7700) may vary depending on your system. Use the exact URL shown in your diagnostics output.

Step 4: Configure Cline MCP Server

  1. In Cline, navigate to the MCP Server tab or settings (typically found in Cline's configuration panel).
  2. Click the Configure button in the MCP Server section.
  3. Click Configure MCP Servers to open the configuration file.
  4. Copy the following JSON configuration into Cline's MCP servers configuration, replacing the URL with the server URL you copied in Step 3:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datamate": {
      "url": "http://localhost:7700/sse",
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

Important

Make sure to replace http://localhost:7700/sse with the actual server URL from your diagnostics output if it's different.

Verify Connection

After completing these steps:

  1. Restart Cline or reload the window.
  2. The Datamates MCP server should now be available in Cline.
  3. You can verify the connection is working by checking Cline's MCP server status.

Interactive Demo

Related: Setup Overview