Cursor Brings AI Agents to JetBrains IDEs via Agent Client Protocol

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Mar 4, 2026 · Updated Apr 25, 2026

Cursor's AI coding agent is now available in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, and other JetBrains IDEs through the Agent Client Protocol. JetBrains developers can run Cursor agents with frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Cursor in their preferred IDE.

Cursor, the AI coding agent for developers, now runs inside IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, and other JetBrains IDEs through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) — an open standard that connects AI agents to IDEs. Developers can choose from frontier models by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Cursor, with each model receiving a custom-built agent harness to optimize output quality. Cursor's codebase indexing and semantic search extend to JetBrains environments, giving agents deep code intelligence across large enterprise codebases.

This brings Cursor's agentic coding capabilities to the JetBrains ecosystem — developers who rely on IntelliJ IDEA and other JetBrains IDEs for Java and multilanguage work. Developers no longer have to choose between their preferred IDE and their AI coding agent.

Install Cursor ACP from the ACP Registry inside your JetBrains IDE and sign in with your existing Cursor account. The integration is free for all users on paid Cursor plans.

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