diff --git a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/generic-compatible.ts b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/generic-compatible.ts
index 5041787b03..8b98671fbc 100644
--- a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/generic-compatible.ts
+++ b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/generic-compatible.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ export function buildCompatibleProviderOptions(options: {
 	const promptCache = hasPromptCacheRoute ? createEphemeralCacheControl() : {};
 
 	return {
-		...(target === "openai-compatible" ? { strictJsonSchema: false } : {}),
+		// The "cline" target is the OpenAI-compatible Cline provider; keep the
+		// same relaxed JSON schema behavior it had before it split off from the
+		// generic openai-compatible target.
+		...(target === "openai-compatible" || target === "cline"
+			? { strictJsonSchema: false }
+			: {}),
 		...buildCompatibleThinkingOptions({ request, context, suppressions }),
 		...(reasoning ? { reasoning } : {}),
 		...promptCache,
diff --git a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/provider-options.test.ts b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/provider-options.test.ts
index 14e1964bfd..7cd5f90b80 100644
--- a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/provider-options.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/routing/provider-options.test.ts
@@ -593,6 +593,27 @@ describe("composeAiSdkProviderOptions: Anthropic thinking precedence", () => {
 				},
 			],
 		},
+		{
+			name: "ClinePass-routed Sonnet 4.5 -> gateway reasoning under provider-id and alias buckets",
+			request: {
+				providerId: "cline-pass",
+				modelId: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
+				reasoning: { enabled: true, effort: "low" },
+			},
+			context: { family: "claude-sonnet" },
+			expect: [
+				{
+					bucket: "cline-pass",
+					has: { reasoning: { enabled: true, max_tokens: 1024 } },
+					lacks: ["thinking"],
+				},
+				{
+					bucket: "clinePass",
+					has: { reasoning: { enabled: true, max_tokens: 1024 } },
+					lacks: ["thinking"],
+				},
+			],
+		},
 		{
 			name: "legacy custom Claude with promptCacheStrategy -> Anthropic reasoning",
 			request: {
diff --git a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.test.ts b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.test.ts
index 0a916f4f73..a865725637 100644
--- a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import type { GatewayResolvedProviderConfig } from "@cline/shared";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { createCline } from "./cline";
+import { createCline, createClineProviderModule } from "./cline";
 
 describe("createCline", () => {
 	const fetchMock = vi.fn<typeof fetch>();
@@ -112,6 +113,42 @@ describe("createCline", () => {
 		expect(body).not.toHaveProperty("max_tokens");
 	});
 
+	it.each([
+		"cline",
+		"cline-pass",
+	])("applies %s provider-options buckets to the request body", async (providerId) => {
+		const modelId = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6";
+		fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(jsonCompletionResponse(modelId));
+		const module = await createClineProviderModule(
+			{
+				providerId,
+				apiKey: "test-key",
+				baseUrl: "https://api.cline.bot/api/v1",
+				fetch: fetchMock,
+			} as unknown as GatewayResolvedProviderConfig,
+			{ provider: { id: providerId } } as never,
+		);
+		const model = module.model(modelId) as {
+			doGenerate: (options: unknown) => Promise<unknown>;
+		};
+
+		// The gateway routes Cline options under the concrete provider id
+		// and its camelCase alias (see clineGatewayReasoningRule +
+		// buildProviderAndAliasPatch). The provider name must match the
+		// provider id for these to reach the wire.
+		const bucket = { reasoning: { enabled: true, max_tokens: 1024 } };
+		await model.doGenerate({
+			prompt: [{ role: "user", content: [{ type: "text", text: "hi" }] }],
+			providerOptions:
+				providerId === "cline"
+					? { cline: bucket }
+					: { "cline-pass": bucket, clinePass: bucket },
+		});
+
+		const body = capturedRequestBody(fetchMock);
+		expect(body.reasoning).toEqual({ enabled: true, max_tokens: 1024 });
+	});
+
 	it("keeps max_tokens for non-reasoning models", async () => {
 		const modelId = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6";
 		fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(jsonCompletionResponse(modelId));
diff --git a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.ts b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.ts
index c83ed0b9de..c51f4e29f1 100644
--- a/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.ts
+++ b/sdk/packages/llms/src/providers/vendors/cline.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ export interface ClineWebSearchOptions {
 export interface ClineProviderOptions {
 	apiKey?: string;
 	baseURL: string;
+	/**
+	 * AI SDK provider name, used as the `providerOptions` lookup key for
+	 * request-body passthrough. Must match the gateway provider id ("cline" or
+	 * "cline-pass") so options routed under that id (e.g. gateway reasoning)
+	 * reach the wire. Defaults to "cline".
+	 */
+	name?: string;
 	headers?: Record<string, string>;
 	fetch?: typeof fetch;
 	onResponseError?: (response: Response) => Promise<void> | void;
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ export interface ClineProvider {
 export function createCline(options: ClineProviderOptions): ClineProvider {
 	const providerFetch = createClineFetch(options);
 	const compatible = createOpenAICompatible({
-		name: "cline",
+		name: options.name ?? "cline",
 		baseURL: withoutTrailingSlash(options.baseURL),
 		apiKey: options.apiKey,
 		headers: options.headers,
@@ -220,11 +227,15 @@ function readResponseErrorHandler(
 
 export async function createClineProviderModule(
 	config: GatewayResolvedProviderConfig,
-	_context: GatewayProviderContext,
+	context: GatewayProviderContext,
 ): Promise<ProviderFactoryResult> {
 	const cline = createCline({
 		apiKey: await resolveApiKey(config),
 		baseURL: config.baseUrl ?? "https://api.cline.bot/api/v1",
+		// Keep the provider name aligned with the gateway provider id so
+		// provider options emitted under "cline-pass"/"clinePass" buckets are
+		// still applied when this module serves ClinePass.
+		name: context.provider.id,
 		headers: config.headers,
 		fetch: config.fetch,
 		onResponseError: readResponseErrorHandler(config),