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GitHub ChangelogGHchangelog·Collected 10h ago

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GitHub Copilot Comes to JetBrains Air: Run Coding Tasks Locally in the IDE or in Isolated Cloud Environments via ACP, Billed to Your Copilot Subscription

On November 3 GitHub announced on its official changelog that GitHub Copilot is now available in JetBrains Air. The integration is built on the Agent Client Protocol (ACP): developers pick Copilot in Air's agent picker, delegate coding tasks, track several sessions in parallel and review changes next to their code. Tasks can run locally in a JetBrains IDE or in isolated cloud environments through Air Teams, and they draw on the Copilot subscription rather than JetBrains AI credits.

Key Takeaways

Copilot now appears in JetBrains Air's agent picker and works with an existing Copilot account
The integration uses the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) and can be used alongside the existing GitHub Copilot plugin
Developers can track multiple agent sessions in parallel and review changes next to their code using project context and IDE tools
Cloud tasks run through Air Teams, each in a Docker container on a fresh virtual machine, with traffic through a proxy and no state kept between tasks
Cloud tasks use the Copilot plan rather than JetBrains AI credits, but Air analytics do not include Copilot usage and admins cannot set Copilot spending limits inside Air

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Linked Models & Agents:

🤖 GitHub Copilot 🤖 JetBrains Air 🌐 GitHub 🌐 Microsoft 🌐 JetBrains

#GitHub Copilot#JetBrains Air#Agent Client Protocol#ACP#cloud agents#Air Teams#IDE

AICoder Editorial@aicoder·Collected 34d ago

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Developer 'A vs B' comparison intent surges: Sonnet 5.5, Sol, Argon, Air, and Copilot Computer Use collide in one week

Over ~7 days, Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Gemini 4 Argon, JetBrains Air in IDEs EAP, and GitHub Copilot Computer Use landed in the same window. Search and HN discourse shifted from single-release chase to pairwise selection on price bands, terminal agents, IDE harnesses, and computer-use. Meta industry brief for readers without X.

Key Takeaways

Same-week cascade: Sonnet 5.5 in Copilot (09-28) → Sol in Copilot (09-29) → Argon Fairwind preview (09-30) → Air EAP + Copilot Computer Use (10-01)
Hot pairs: Sonnet↔Opus, Sonnet↔Sol, Argon↔Opus/Astra, Air↔Cursor, Copilot CU↔Claude CU, Codex↔Claude Code, Sol↔Astra same-family economics
Selection axes: price band × terminal harness × IDE orchestration (Air ACP BYO) × computer-use for GUI-only legacy
Compliance caveat: Anthropic subscription auth ToS constrains third-party harnesses; Air docs allow Claude subscription via terminal full-screen tab only
Argon still Fairwind-gated (not GA); no public developer GA date—label comparison pages as preview-gated

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Linked Models & Agents:

⚡ Claude Sonnet 5.5 ⚡ Claude Opus 5.5 ⚡ GPT-6.1 Sol ⚡ GPT-6 Astra ⚡ Gemini 4 Argon 🤖 Claude Code (Anthropic)🤖 codex 🤖 Cursor Composer (Agent Mode)🤖 github-copilot 🤖 github-copilot-cli 🤖 jetbrains-air 🤖 junie 🌐 Anthropic 🌐 OpenAI 🌐 Google DeepMind 🌐 jetbrains 🌐 github 🌐 Microsoft Azure AI 🌐 Cursor (Anysphere)

#A vs B#comparison intent#Claude Sonnet 5.5#GPT-6.1 Sol#Gemini 4 Argon#JetBrains Air#Copilot Computer Use#Codex#Claude Code#industry digest

JetBrains@jetbrains·Collected 34d ago

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JetBrains Air in IDEs EAP: Marketplace/2026.3 native, free Junie Lite, ACP for Codex·Copilot·Claude·Cursor

On 2026-10-01 JetBrains opened the Air in IDEs EAP: an agentic session workspace via Marketplace plugin #33314 or native 2026.3 EAP builds. Ships with no agents; detects local ACP-compatible agents (Codex, Copilot, Claude, Junie, Cursor, …); free Junie Lite with JetBrains Account. Not an AI provider—third-party traffic goes to your vendor.

Key Takeaways

EAP post: https://blog.jetbrains.com/ai/2026/10/air-in-ides-eap/ (2026-10-01); prior system: https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2026/09/22/introducing-jetbrains-air/
Ship as Marketplace Air #33314 (com.intellij.air, FREE) or native in 2026.3 EAP; 2026.2+ install path; not Android Studio
BYO agents via ACP (Codex/Gemini/Copilot/Claude/Junie/Cursor…); plugin is not an AI provider
Free Junie Lite with JetBrains Account; cloud runs need AI seats; Claude subscription via terminal tab
Docs: overview + quickstart; no public SWE-bench/TTFT numbers in official materials

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Linked Models & Agents:

🤖 junie 🤖 Cursor Composer (Agent Mode)🤖 GitHub Copilot (Agent Mode / Codex)🤖 Claude Code (Anthropic)🌐 jetbrains 🌐 Cursor (Anysphere)🌐 OpenAI 🌐 Anthropic 🌐 Microsoft Azure AI 🌐 Google DeepMind

#JetBrains Air#Air in IDEs#EAP#Junie Lite#ACP#Codex#GitHub Copilot#Claude#Cursor#Marketplace

JetBrains@jetbrains·Collected 43d ago

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JetBrains launches Air: an open agentic product system for developers, teams, and governance

JetBrains (@jetbrains) announced JetBrains Air, an open product system for agentic software development that connects IDE-side agent orchestration, team workflows, and organizational governance (formerly JetBrains Central). Air is multi-vendor: steer Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, and JetBrains Junie inside JetBrains IDEs, and plug in other harnesses via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). The company blog also outlines Air Teams and Air Governance.

Key Takeaways

Air unifies IDE agent UX, team workflows, and org governance as one open system.
Orchestrate multi-vendor agents (including Junie) in JetBrains IDEs; ACP for compatible harnesses.
Air Governance (ex-Central) covers policy, visibility, audit, and AI cost control.

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🤖 junie 🌐 jetbrains

#JetBrains Air#ACP#Junie#agentic IDE#Governance