🚀 Official Launch: The Caret AI Provider is Now Live!
We are thrilled to announce that the official Caret Provider, powered by anyLLM, is now stable and available to all users. Connect to caret.team's dedicated AI service for an optimized and reliable experience. Get started with free monthly credits!

🎯 Caret: Your Personalized AI Coding Partner

Based on Cline v3.38.2 + Dual Mode + Persona System + Full Localization

📥 Install on VS Code 📖 Documentation

Select and customize your own AI coding partner!

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🎉 Official Caret AI Provider is Live — Get Your Free Credits!

Great news! The official Caret AI provider is now stable and ready for everyone:

• 🎉 Free credits: New users get $0.1 (10 credits) monthly! (Up to $0.2 for the first month)
• 🤖 Latest models: Access powerful models like Gemini 3 Pro Preview, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Flash (default).
• 🚀 Easy setup: Select “Caret” in Settings → Providers. Login opens the Caret auth page; the selected Caret model is stored per Plan/Act mode.
• 🔧 Runtime: Webview gRPC → CaretAccountService → api.caret.team (OpenAI-compatible). CLI uses the same Caret auth flow; static model list is generated from src/shared/api.ts.

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🚀 Latest Update: Cline v3.38.2 + GPT 5.1, Claude Opus 4.5, Gemini 3

Caret v0.4.0 now includes all features from Cline v3.38.2 while keeping 100% compatibility with Caret-exclusive extensions.

Highlights

• ✅ Cline v3.38.2 adoption: All latest core improvements plus Claude Opus 4.5
• ✅ Dual account system: Full support for existing Cline accounts
• ✅ Caret CLI (Beta): Unified CLI with LiteLLM support
• ✅ Input history: Navigate past commands like a terminal
• ✅ Enhanced provider setup: Auto-fetch models for LiteLLM / BizRouter with health checks
• ✅ 251 unique AI models: 20 providers including Claude Opus 4.5, GPT-5, Gemini 3

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🌟 6 Reasons to Choose Caret

1. 🔄 Dual Mode — switch between Caret (extended) and Cline (classic)
2. 🎭 Persona System — code with a personalized AI teammate
3. 🧠 Smarter prompts — optimized for cost and performance
4. 🌍 Full localization — UI, docs, and manuals in 4 languages
5. ⌨️ Better UX — input history and handy shortcuts (Esc, Ctrl+Shift+R)
6. 🎯 Massive model support — 251 models, 20 providers (Cline v3.38.2 compatible)

👉 See all exclusive features: Feature index

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🎭 Feature #1: Build Your Own AI Coding Partner

Go beyond text chat. The Persona System lets you work with visually engaging AI colleagues.

Caret Friendly Robot

Sarang K-POP Dev Idol

Ichika Windows 11 OS-tan

Cyan macOS Helper

Tando Open Source Ally

🎨 Customize: Set your own AI name and profile image.
⚡ Instant switch: Toggle personas or revert to pure Cline mode anytime.

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🔄 Feature #2: Dual Mode — Two Experiences in One

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🔵 Cline Mode — the classic experience

• ✅ Plan/Act workflow familiar to Cline users
• ✅ Full compatibility with existing settings and accounts
• ✅ Proven stability on the Cline core

🟢 Caret Mode — extended experience

• 🎭 Persona System for engaging collaboration
• 🧠 Optimized prompts for performance and cost
• 🌍 Full localization
• 🎯 Intuitive Chatbot/Agent flows

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🚀 Caret’s 12 Core Features

Feature	Description	Docs
F00	Cline bugfix & stability patch	Details
F01	Common utilities	Details
F02	Multilingual i18n	Details
F03	Branding & UI system	Details
F04	Cline compatibility & CLI	Details
F05	Caret account system	Details
F06	Rule priority system	Details
F07	Caret prompt system	Details
F08	Persona system	Details
F09	Feature Config system	Details
F10	Enhanced provider setup	Details
F11	Input history & shortcuts	Details
F12	AI-developer knowledge parity	Details

→ Full feature index

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🛠 For Developers (KO-first)

• 개발 문서 대시보드: caret-docs/development/index.md (환경/빌드/워크플로우/아키텍처 정리)
• AI 규칙 ↔ 개발 문서 매핑: .caretrules/caret-rules.json + .caretrules/workflows/*는 대응되는 개발 가이드와 함께 유지됩니다. (F12 AI-Developer Knowledge Parity)

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🤝 Built Together as Open Source

1. Report bugs → Issues
2. Propose features → Share your ideas
3. Contribute code → Fork and open a PR
4. Help translate docs → Add or improve languages

📞 Support & Community

• 🏠 Website: https://caret.team
• 💬 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aicodingcaret
• 📧 Email: [email protected]
• 🐛 Bug reports: GitHub Issues

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🎯 Start Now

📥 Install Free on VS Code

If you like it, please leave us a ⭐ on GitHub!

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🛠️ For Developers

• 🚀 Developer Documentation Dashboard — Your starting point for setup, building, and testing.
• 🏛️ Caret Architecture — A deep dive into the system architecture.
• 🤖 AI Work Method Guide — Required reading for AI-based contributions.