Affinity MCP Server for Cline 5 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
Cline is an autonomous AI coding agent inside VS Code that plans, executes, and iterates on tasks. Wire Affinity through Vinkius and Cline gains direct access to every tool. from data retrieval to workflow automation. without leaving the terminal.
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About Affinity MCP Server
Connect your Affinity account to your AI agent to unlock professional relationship intelligence and CRM orchestration. From auditing your smart lists to monitoring recent email and meeting interactions and managing your contact pipeline, your agent handles your deal flow through natural conversation.
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including Affinity tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 5 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
What you can do
- Smart List Management — List and retrieve entries for your custom smart lists, including statuses and field values
- Relationship Intelligence — Access relationship strength scores and identify 'warm' introduction paths within your network
- Contact Oversight — List and manage people and organizations, ensuring your B2B intelligence is always up-to-date
- Interaction Auditing — Retrieve logs of recent emails, meetings, and calls automatically synced from team accounts
- Pipeline Insights — Quickly identify active opportunities and track deal progress directly from your chat interface
The Affinity MCP Server exposes 5 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cline in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
How to Connect Affinity to Cline via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the Affinity MCP Server with Cline.
Open Cline MCP Settings
Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar panel
Add remote server
Click "Add MCP Server" and paste the configuration above
Enable the server
Toggle the server switch to ON
Start using Affinity
Ask Cline: "Using Affinity, help me...". 5 tools available
Why Use Cline with the Affinity MCP Server
Cline provides unique advantages when paired with Affinity through the Model Context Protocol.
Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
Affinity + Cline Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Cline combined with the Affinity MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Autonomous feature building: tell Cline to fetch data from Affinity and scaffold a complete module with types, handlers, and tests
Codebase refactoring: use Affinity tools to validate live data while Cline restructures your code to match updated schemas
Automated testing: Cline fetches real responses from Affinity and generates snapshot tests or mocks based on actual payloads
Incident response: query Affinity for real-time status and let Cline generate hotfix patches based on the findings
Affinity MCP Tools for Cline (5)
These 5 tools become available when you connect Affinity to Cline via MCP:
list_interactions
Retrieve recent chronological logs of synced emails, meetings, and calls across your team
list_list_entries
Retrieve the people or organizations associated with a specific Affinity smart list ID
list_organizations
Retrieve companies and institutions mapped within your Affinity CRM
list_persons
Retrieve a paginated list of people your team has interacted with in your Affinity network
list_smart_lists
Retrieve the catalog of custom smart lists (pipelines) securely configured in your account
Example Prompts for Affinity in Cline
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cline agent to start working with Affinity immediately.
"Search for a person contact with the name 'Jane Smith'."
"List all entries in my 'Active Deals' smart list."
"Show me the last 5 meetings my team had with 'Innovate Corp'."
Troubleshooting Affinity MCP Server with Cline
Common issues when connecting Affinity to Cline through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
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Affinity + Cline FAQ
Common questions about integrating Affinity MCP Server with Cline.
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Connect Affinity to Cline
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 5 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.