client setup · updated August 2026

Add MCP servers to JetBrains AI Assistant

JetBrains AI Assistant adds MCP servers through the IDE settings UI, bringing external tools into chat across the whole JetBrains family.

The config JetBrains AI Assistant expects

JetBrains AI Assistant adds MCP servers through its own settings interface rather than a hand-edited file.

Official setup guide: JetBrains AI Assistant documentation ↗

Five proven servers to start with

The highest-ranked servers we track; each page carries the paste-ready config.

01 Playwright MCP 25,988,876 installs/mo · ★ 36,436 · commit 2026-08-21 02 Chrome DevTools MCP 7,879,708 installs/mo · ★ 49,617 · commit 2026-08-23 03 Context7 4,108,483 installs/mo · ★ 61,171 · commit 2026-08-24 04 Firebase MCP 10,734,044 installs/mo · ★ 4,460 · commit 2026-08-25 05 Storybook MCP Addon 7,699,261 installs/mo · ★ 268 · commit 2026-08-21

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Quick answers

Where does JetBrains AI Assistant keep its MCP configuration?

JetBrains AI Assistant manages MCP servers through its own interface; the official documentation linked below walks through it step by step.

Do all MCP servers work with JetBrains AI Assistant?

Any server speaking standard MCP transports should work: local servers run as a process your client starts, remote servers are a URL you point it at. Each server page on this site shows its exact config, and states when a server needs credentials first.

About this page

Client mechanics come from each client's public documentation, linked above; anything we are not certain of defers to those docs rather than guessing. Server rankings are ours: monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency, recomputed nightly. How we verify.