Cline v3.35: Native Tool Calling, Auto-Approve Menu, and Free MiniMax M2

Cline v3.35 introduces significant upgrades, including native tool calling, a revamped auto-approve menu, and the MiniMax M2 feature. Native tool calling has shifted from XML-formatted tool calls to JSON schemas, enhancing model performance, particularly for gpt-5-codex, and allowing for parallel tool execution, which reduces token usage by approximately 15%. Supported by next-generation models such as Claude 4+ and GPT-5, this feature improves efficiency across various platforms including OpenAI-native and Vercel AI Gateway. The auto-approve menu now features a non-intrusive expanding inline design with clearer visual separation, streamlining the user interface by eliminating redundant elements and simplifying notifications settings. MiniMax M2, available for free until November 7, introduces "interleaved thinking," a process that maintains internal reasoning throughout API request execution, improving performance in complex tasks by continuously re-evaluating approaches based on new information. Users can update to Cline v3.35 through marketplaces to access these new features.