JetBrains Air is one system for building software with agents: wide agent support, agent-driven workflows, and the IDE intelligence that keeps developers in control.
Today we introduce JetBrains Air - the product system for software development orgs in the age of agents.
Built for developers, team leads & engineering directors.
Open and flexible: steer and control almost any LLM & harness.
Read more:
jb.gg/air-announce
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@JamesWard shows how SkillsJars lets you version and share agent skills across JVM projects in “Agent Skills for Code Assistants and Custom Agents” at IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026.
Watch on YouTube: piped.video/Mc-Lk7sF3ZM
Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2, the Grails plugin is no longer bundled with IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate by default. Grab it from Marketplace under its new Apache Grails listing to keep using it. #ApacheGrailsjb.gg/txk3cb
New IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talk episode!
@antonarhipov and Spring AI project lead @christzolov unpack Spring AI 2.0: tool search, skills, and sub-agents – all built on tool calling. Plus live demos cutting token usage by ~50% and a preview of v2.1.
👉 piped.video/ILn2GX8s1FM 👈
Fixing an issue at commit time takes minutes. Fixing it in production can take months and millions of dollars.
Join us for a practical session on 🗓️ September 29, where we’ll talk about why the shift-left approach works and how to make it stick.
👉 Save your seat: jb.gg/shift-left
Today we introduce JetBrains Air - the product system for software development orgs in the age of agents.
Built for developers, team leads & engineering directors.
Open and flexible: steer and control almost any LLM & harness.
Read more:
jb.gg/air-announce
The hard part isn't writing code fast, it's making sure AI got it right. IntelliJ IDEA closes the loop: generate code with AI, then immediately validate it with a debugger, test runner, built-in inspections, and other IDE tools so you can own it and ship with confidence 👇
jb.gg/ai-in-ij-extra
When Spring Security returns 403, the next question is usually "which rule matched this URL?" @IntelliJIDEA shows the required roles right at the endpoint, with a link straight to where the rule is configured 👇 #SpringDebuggerjb.gg/l37xwl
A new episode of IJ Tech Talks is out! 🎙️
@antonarhipov sits down with Mark Pollack to discuss the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) and how it enables AI agents to communicate with clients such as AI Chat in IntelliJ IDEA.
Watch the full episode: piped.video/9yiRYrQAPv0
#Java 27 is here! ☕️
Explore what’s new, how IntelliJ IDEA supports the latest Java features, and how the IDE itself benefits from JDK updates.
Take a tour of the release 👇
jb.gg/java27
ALT Marit van Dijk and Holly Cummins sitting at a round table facing each other. Holly is laughing and holding a glass of water. There are three Runzo figurines on the table and two lemons.
ALT Marit van Dijk smiling at Holly Cummins. She is sitting behind her laptop which is covered in stickers. There are two lemons on the table.
ALT Maarten Mulders, wearing a white custom Duke "Stack Trace Therapist" t-shirt from the IntelliJ IDEA campaign for Java's 30th birthday. He is talking to Marit van Dijk in the IntelliJ IDEA Conference 2026 studio. There are three Runzo figurines on the table.
ALT Maarten Mulders and Marit van Dijk sitting at a table in the IntelliJ IDEA Conference 2026 studio. Both are laughing. There are three Runzo figurines on the table.
If you open WSL projects in IntelliJ IDEA, just open them directly – that's Native mode, and it's the one we'd recommend as your default 🎯
Here's why we're confident in saying that: jb.gg/wsl-native-mode
Already using it? Tell us how it holds up in the replies.
#IntelliJIDEAConf 2026 has wrapped up!
Thank you to everyone who joined us live, asked questions, and took part in the discussions.
Missed a session or want to rewatch the talks?
Watch the recordings on YouTube👇 piped.video/playlist?list=PL…
Huge thanks to all of the IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 speakers!
Thank you for sharing your experience, ideas, and real-world insights with the JVM community.
We truly appreciate your time and contribution.
Starting soon at IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026:
Spec-Driven Development With AI Agents by @antonarhipov
How to make AI coding agents predictable using clear specs, plans, and tasks.
🕙 2:00–3:00 pm UTC
👉 Watch live on YouTube: piped.video/live/sTcx0EvILr4#IntelliJIDEAConf