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JetBrains launches Air to manage AI coding agents in IDEs

JetBrains releases the Air plugin to handle AI coding agent sessions, track progress, and review diffs inside its IDEs.

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Summary

JetBrains introduced Air to bring AI coding agents directly into your development workflow. The plugin lets you run multiple agent sessions, track progress, review code changes, and check session-level cost estimates from the editor. It supports Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Claude Agent, Junie, and agents connected via ACP.

What changed

  • JetBrains introduced Air as a plugin to manage AI coding agent sessions inside IDEs.
  • Developers can run multiple agent sessions, track progress, and review diffs in the editor.
  • Air tracks session-level cost estimates to show how agent and model choices affect usage.
  • The plugin supports Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Claude Agent, Junie, and ACP agents.

Availability

Available now

“Air is available as a plugin from JetBrains Marketplace , and it’s also built into the JetBrains IDEs in the 2026.3 EAP.”

Founder takeaway

If you use JetBrains IDEs, you can try Air right now via the JetBrains Marketplace or the 2026.3 EAP.

Source

JetBrainsGetting Started with Air in JetBrains IDEs – Part 1 - The JetBrains Blog

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