JetBrains Air: An Agentic IDE That Orchestrates Multiple AI Agents in Parallel
JetBrains has launched Air in public preview — an agentic development environment designed for delegating coding tasks to multiple AI agents running concurrently.
Unlike traditional IDEs that bolt AI features onto a code editor, Air builds the entire development experience around agents. It supports OpenAI Codex, Anthropic Claude Agent, Google Gemini CLI, and JetBrains' own Junie agent. Air also implements the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), a vendor-neutral standard co-sponsored by JetBrains and Zed, allowing any compliant agent to integrate.
The technical foundation is JetBrains' abandoned Fleet IDE, reimagined as an agent orchestrator. Developers assign tasks to agents that run in isolated parallel environments, with Air managing context, coordination, and results. The interface is structured around agent activity rather than file trees.
Air is currently available for macOS only, with Windows and Linux support planned. The public preview is free to use.
https://air.dev/
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Unlike traditional IDEs that bolt AI features onto a code editor, Air builds the entire development experience around agents. It supports OpenAI Codex, Anthropic Claude Agent, Google Gemini CLI, and JetBrains' own Junie agent. Air also implements the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), a vendor-neutral standard co-sponsored by JetBrains and Zed, allowing any compliant agent to integrate.
The technical foundation is JetBrains' abandoned Fleet IDE, reimagined as an agent orchestrator. Developers assign tasks to agents that run in isolated parallel environments, with Air managing context, coordination, and results. The interface is structured around agent activity rather than file trees.
Air is currently available for macOS only, with Windows and Linux support planned. The public preview is free to use.
https://air.dev/