Fleet 5→8 agents: +Cline (re-added), +Freebuff, +Qwen Code CLI (2026-07-04)

decision Sat Jul 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) fleetagentsfree-tierclinefreebuffqwenSat Jul 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Free coding agent expansion — 2026-07-04

Locked

Fleet grows 5 → 8 agents:

#	Agent	Status	LLM provider	Free-tier terms
1	Claude Code	primary (corp)	Corp Bedrock via hai `:6655`	Corp-paid
2	OpenCode	fallback + personal	OmniRoute `:20128`	Free providers
3	Kilo Code	VS Code (personal)	OmniRoute `:20128`	Free providers
4	Cline (re-added)	VS Code (both)	OmniRoute `:20128`	Free providers
5	Antigravity	Standalone IDE (both)	Gemini Free	5 RPM / 25 RPD
6	GH Copilot CLI	CLI (both)	GitHub Copilot Free	2000 completions + 50 chat/mo
7	Freebuff (new)	CLI (both)	CodebuffAI hosted	Ad-supported, no cap
8	Qwen Code CLI (new)	CLI (both)	Qwen OAuth via Alibaba	1000 req/day, 1M ctx

Plus Codex CLI — corp-only via hai, pinned 0.125.0 per superpowers-fleet-2026-07-04. Not counted in fleet table.

Cline re-introduction gate

Cline was dropped 2026-06-29 in fleet-cut-to-4-agents-2026-06-29 because "duplicates Kilo (both VS Code + MCP-native)". Rebutting per no-global-config-without-grilling:

Cline has separate config surface — reads from saoudrizwan.claude-dev VS Code global storage, not kilocode.Kilo-Code config. Zero conflict.
Wider MCP marketplace — Cline supports MCP-marketplace one-click install; Kilo is manual-only.
Browser-use built-in — Cline has Playwright integration; Kilo lacks it.
Redundancy is intentional per layered-redundancy answer in the superpowers-fleet grill.

Re-add via code --install-extension saoudrizwan.claude-dev + agent-mcps sync target for cline_mcp_settings.json in VS Code global storage.

Freebuff

Ad-supported free CLI from CodebuffAI. Wraps DeepSeek V4 Pro / Kimi K2.6 / MiniMax M2.7 / GPT-5.4 with 9 sub-agents, code reviewer, browser-use tester.

Install: npm i -g freebuff
Config dir: ~/.config/manicode/
Binary downloaded on first run (~47MB) to ~/.config/manicode/freebuff.exe
Corp Windows caveat: CPIT DLP quarantines the downloaded binary. Fix: Unblock-File -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\manicode\freebuff.exe" + icacls ... /grant. Documented in install-agents.ps1.
MCP support: not yet as of v0.0.118 — Freebuff has its own sub-agent architecture; may add MCP later.
Ads — accepted per grill lock; ad-supported is the deal for the free tier. No --no-ads flag exists as of v0.0.118.
Telemetry — sends prompts to CodebuffAI → upstream LLM providers. Corp: SAP code potentially transits third-party servers. Not blocked but flagged; user judgment call per task.

Qwen Code CLI

Free tier from Alibaba, 1000 req/day + 1M token context via Qwen OAuth (no card).

Install: npm i -g @qwen-code/qwen-code
Config dir: ~/.qwen/
Auth: qwen on first run opens Qwen OAuth in browser. No env var needed.
MCP support: verify via qwen --help — has mcp subcommand per npm listing.
Data egress: Alibaba Cloud servers. Corp: SAP code potentially transits Alibaba. Personal-only recommended for sensitive work.

Data-egress matrix

Agent	Data goes to	Corp OK?	Personal OK?
CC	Corp Bedrock (hai)	✅ SAP-approved	✅ Bedrock corp-paid; N/A on personal
OpenCode	OmniRoute → free providers	⚠ third-party providers	✅
Kilo	Same as OpenCode	⚠	✅
Cline	Same as OpenCode	⚠	✅
Antigravity	Google (Gemini API)	⚠ Google servers	✅
Copilot	GitHub	✅ SAP-approved GitHub tenant	✅
Freebuff	CodebuffAI → upstream LLM	❌ untrusted routing	✅
Qwen	Alibaba Cloud	❌ China-based data-egress	✅
Codex CLI	hai → Azure GPT-5	✅ SAP-approved	❌ no hai on personal

Wiring per rules

AGENTS.md fleet table — updated 5→8 rows + note on Codex CLI
install-agents.ps1 — added -SkipCline, -SkipFreebuff, -SkipQwen flags; added Cline (code ext), Freebuff (npm + Unblock-File note), Qwen (npm + OAuth note) steps; header comment updated
agent-mcps registry — Cline added as target for serena + shrimp-task-manager; _agent_targets documents all 8; Freebuff + Qwen included as known targets even though MCP support unclear
sync-mcp-to-agents.mjs — Cline target added, writes to VS Code global storage path (AppData/Roaming/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json on Windows)
3-place update per agents-md-three-place-update: AGENTS.md + this OKF + install-agents.ps1

Live-verify

freebuff --version → 0.0.118 (after Unblock-File on corp)
qwen --version → 0.19.6
code --list-extensions | grep saoudrizwan.claude-dev → [email protected]
Sync: 10/17 MCPs fanned to cline_mcp_settings.json in VS Code global storage

Rejected alternatives

Aider — no MCP support (audited 2026-06-29). Redundant with CC + Freebuff for BYOK-CLI role.
Continue.dev — solid free client but adds VS Code + JetBrains config surfaces without unique capability vs Cline/Kilo.
Codeium/Windsurf/Cursor — card-required for anything past trivial. Blocked by no-card-on-file.
Amazon Q Developer — free tier fine but AWS-tenant lock-in complicates cross-machine parity.
Goose (Block) — worth revisiting later. Skipped this round to keep the expansion focused on 3 agents.

Follow-ups

Verify Qwen Code CLI supports --mcp-config flag; if yes, add ~/.qwen/mcp.json as a sync target (currently absent — qwen shape needs field-test)
Freebuff MCP support: monitor CodebuffAI releases; add sync target when the CLI grows an mcp subcommand
Personal laptop parity: install-agents.ps1 idempotent; running on personal picks up all 8 agents automatically per cross-machine-parity-via-sync

Cross-refs

fleet-cc-opencode-kilo-2026-07-03 — 3-agent baseline
superpowers-fleet-2026-07-04 — 5-agent expansion earlier today
agent-mcps-canonical-2026-07-04 — the sync mechanism
corp-vs-personal-laptop-split-2026-06-29 — data-egress constraints
no-card-on-file — filter applied to selection