JetBrains AI Assistant

At a glance

What JetBrains AI Assistant does

Inline completion, Chat, Multi-file edits, Test generation, Code explanation, /web command, Local model support

Best for

JetBrains ecosystem users wanting native AI with zero config and local model option

Works well with

Conflicts & caveats

• JetBrains AI Assistant only runs inside JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is VS Code.
• Replit has its own built-in AI Agent — external integrations like JetBrains AI Assistant cannot run inside the Replit web IDE.
• JetBrains AI Assistant does not officially support Xcode. Use GitHub Copilot for Xcode or Direct API.
• Void Editor is BYO-API-key first — JetBrains AI Assistant runs as an extension on top, which can work but isn't the intended Void workflow.
• Lapce has a small plugin ecosystem; JetBrains AI Assistant may not have an official plugin yet.
• Positron is VS Code-based but tuned for R/Python data science — JetBrains AI Assistant may install but is not officially supported.
• JetBrains AI Assistant does not officially support RStudio — use direct API calls or the rstudio.cloud Copilot integration.
• JetBrains AI Assistant does not officially support Spyder — use the direct API.
• Cursor Mobile only runs Cursor-managed agents and background tasks — local-only integrations like JetBrains AI Assistant cannot run on the phone.
• JetBrains AI Assistant does not officially support Eclipse — Copilot, Tabnine, and Codeium are the main supported options.
• JetBrains AI Assistant does not officially support Apache NetBeans — Copilot and Tabnine are the main supported options.
• @codebase (Cursor) only works with Cursor built-in integration (yours is JetBrains AI Assistant).
• Continue's codebase indexing only works when the integration is Continue.dev (yours is JetBrains AI Assistant).
• Windsurf codebase indexing only works with Windsurf Cascade integration (yours is JetBrains AI Assistant).
• Aider architect mode requires the Aider integration (yours is JetBrains AI Assistant).