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cline/cli/src/components/FeatureTip.tsx
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/**
* Rotating feature tips shown during thinking/acting phases.
* Appears after a brief delay and cycles through tips to educate users
* about Cline features while they wait.
*/
import { Box, Text } from "ink"
import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react"
interface FeatureTipItem {
text: string
}
const FEATURE_TIPS: FeatureTipItem[] = [
{
text: 'Enable "Double-Check Completion" in settings to have Cline verify its work before finishing a task.',
},
{
text: "Add a .clinerules file to your project root to give Cline project-specific instructions.",
},
{
text: "Press Tab to switch between Plan and Act mode — plan an approach before Cline takes action.",
},
{
text: "Use @ in the chat input to add files, folders, or URLs as context for your task.",
},
{
text: "Set up MCP Servers to give Cline access to external tools and APIs.",
},
{
text: "Cline creates checkpoints after changes — you can always restore to a previous state.",
},
{
text: "Use /compact to condense long conversations and free up context window space.",
},
{
text: "Enable auto-approve for read-only tools like file reads to speed up exploration.",
},
{
text: "Use /settings to configure your API provider and model without leaving the terminal.",
},
{
text: "You can pass images with --images flag or paste image file paths in the chat.",
},
{
text: "Cline can browse websites — ask it to test your local dev server in the browser.",
},
{
text: "Use /newtask to start a fresh task while keeping the important context from your current conversation.",
},
{
text: "Try 'npm i -g cline' to manage tasks on a Kankan board — orchestrate coding agents across worktrees.",
},
{
text: "Use Shift+Tab to toggle auto-approve all — let Cline work uninterrupted on trusted tasks.",
},
{
text: "Press Up/Down arrows in an empty input to browse your previous task prompts.",
},
{
text: "Type / to see all available commands — /history, /compact, /settings, and more.",
},
{
text: "Use /skills to browse and attach reusable skill files that guide Cline's behavior.",
},
{
text: 'You can disable these tips in /settings → Features → "Feature tips".',
},
]
const SHOW_DELAY_MS = 2000
const CYCLE_INTERVAL_MS = 8000
/**
* Shows rotating feature tips below the thinking indicator.
* Appears after a brief delay and cycles through tips while Cline is thinking/acting.
*/
export const FeatureTip: React.FC = React.memo(() => {
const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(false)
const [tipIndex, setTipIndex] = useState(Math.floor(Math.random() * FEATURE_TIPS.length))
const cycleTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null>(null)
const showTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null)
const currentTip = FEATURE_TIPS[tipIndex]
const advanceTip = useCallback(() => {
setTipIndex((prev) => (prev + 1) % FEATURE_TIPS.length)
}, [])
useEffect(() => {
showTimerRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
setIsVisible(true)
cycleTimerRef.current = setInterval(advanceTip, CYCLE_INTERVAL_MS)
}, SHOW_DELAY_MS)
return () => {
if (showTimerRef.current) {
clearTimeout(showTimerRef.current)
}
if (cycleTimerRef.current) {
clearInterval(cycleTimerRef.current)
}
}
}, [advanceTip])
if (!isVisible) {
return null
}
return (
<Box paddingLeft={1}>
<Text color="gray">
💡 <Text bold>Tip:</Text> {currentTip.text}
</Text>
</Box>
)
})