Do You Still Need an IDE If Agents Write Your Code?

If an agent writes the code now, do you still need an IDE? In this video, we talk about the changing role of the IDE now that humans aren't the only ones working on the code. 👉 Explore JetBrains IDEs: https://jb.gg/find-your-ide AI coding agents can generate code fast – but code generation was never the bottleneck. Knowing whether the code holds up in production is. JetBrains’ own Kristel Cocoli explains why, for her, as a developer, an IDE is more than a place to type code. It's the tool that understands your entire codebase – including types, dependencies, usages, project structure, and runtime behavior – and now shares that knowledge with your AI agents. You'll see how JetBrains IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, and Rider let you run coding agents, review their diffs like a pull request, jump to usages, run tests, and step through the debugger to verify AI-generated code before you ship it. And thanks to the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), you can bring the agent you already use, whether that’s Claude, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Junie, or another supported agent, and keep your existing subscription. 🔗 Useful links JetBrains IDEs: https://jb.gg/find-your-ide JetBrains Air in IDEs – run your agents where you can verify their work: https://jb.gg/get-air-in-ides #JetBrains #IDE #AICoding #CodingAgents