JetBrains has announced the launch of JetBrains Air, a multi-surface system of products aimed at managing agentic software development. The system is designed to connect individual developers, teams, and organizations through a coherent workflow that extends beyond JetBrains IDEs.
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JetBrains Launches JetBrains Air: An Open System for Agentic Software Development
JetBrains Air introduces several specialized products and protocols to address the complexities of AI-driven development:
- Junie: JetBrains' coding agent for professional software development.
- Air in JetBrains IDEs: An environment for developers to direct agents and verify their output using JetBrains’ code intelligence.
- Air Teams: A platform to turn individual agent activity into coordinated team workflows.
- Air Governance: A tool to provide visibility, accountability, and cost control for agentic activities across an organization.
A key component of the ecosystem is the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), a new standard that enables seamless connections between an IDE and an agent's full harness, including planning, logic, and tool usage. Through the ACP Registry, developers can discover and run a wide range of compatible agents.
The system is built on a multi-vendor principle, allowing users to bring their own API keys or subscriptions from providers such as Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI, and Anthropic. This approach ensures that organizations can leverage the best available models and agents without losing context, visibility, or control. Additionally, JetBrains Air features "Air Context," which uses semantic indexing to provide agents with an understanding of a project's structure, aiming to reduce execution time and costs.
Sources
- JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development （Hacker News Frontpage, 2026-09-22）
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