{"id":567614,"date":"2025-05-19T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/?post_type=ai&p=567614"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:06:19","slug":"jetbrains-ai-assistant-now-in-visual-studio-code","status":"publish","type":"ai","link":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/ai\/2025\/05\/jetbrains-ai-assistant-now-in-visual-studio-code","title":{"rendered":"JetBrains AI Assistant \u2013 Now in Visual Studio Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At JetBrains, we design AI to empower developers and streamline their development process with AI-powered features integrated directly into their editor. From the beginning, AI Assistant<\/a> was available only within JetBrains IDEs, and later in Android Studio, both of which are built on the IntelliJ Platform. While we’re incredibly proud of the deep integrations and performance those offer, we recognize that many developers have established workflows and preferences that don’t center exclusively around JetBrains products and the IntelliJ platform. We also believe that AI innovation shouldn’t be confined to a single technology provider, a single IDE, or even a family of IDEs from one vendor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to reach a broader developer community and demonstrate our commitment to IDE-agnostic AI assistance, we\u2019re introducing JetBrains AI Assistant for Visual Studio Code<\/a><\/strong>. This reflects our ongoing investment in building a comprehensive AI ecosystem, ensuring that cutting-edge technology is accessible to everyone, not just those using our IDEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today we\u2019re launching the JetBrains AI Assistant for Visual Studio Code public preview. We invite you to participate and share your feedback<\/a> with us.<\/p>\n\n\n

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During the public preview, either use your current JetBrains AI subscription or, if you don\u2019t have one, automatically get a free AI EAP license once you log in with your JetBrains Account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why try JetBrains AI Assistant in Visual Studio Code?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether Visual Studio Code is your primary code editor or a companion tool to JetBrains IDEs or Visual Studio, JetBrains AI Assistant enhances productivity and joy by seamlessly integrating into your development workflow. We\u2019ve built it on the following pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. JetBrains long-term experience and expertise in programming languages. Our many years of accumulated knowledge help us deliver first-class development tooling and advanced support for LLM context collection. JetBrains AI Assistant for Visual Studio Code is now available for Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, C++, and C.
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  2. Mellum<\/a>, JetBrains\u2019 proprietary LLM (now also open-sourced<\/a>) trained from scratch specifically to power cloud-based code completion in JetBrains AI Assistant. Benefit from the precise code completion suggestions for a single line or entire code blocks.
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  3. JetBrains AI Assistant relies on top-tier local and cloud AI models. Our users are free to choose the best-fitting LLM for their current coding task or preference, ensuring optimal results every time. In JetBrains AI Assistant for Visual Studio Code, you can select from Gemini, Claude, and various GPT models.
    Local models are not yet available in the preview for Visual Studio Code, but will be added later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Explore the full power of AI \u2013 delegate complex tasks to the built-in coding AI agent, leveraging its strengths to achieve optimal results under your supervision.