Idesense
by vcth4nh
MCP server for JetBrains IDEs - gives coding agents the IDE's own indexing, navigation & refactoring (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, PhpStorm, RustRover, and more).
2 GitHub
No known CVEs
MIT license
Actively maintained
Last commit 3d ago
Works with most clients
Transport: stdio, sse, http
0 tools
Grade F
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Idesense is an MCP server that MCP server for JetBrains IDEs - gives coding agents the IDE's own indexing, navigation & refactoring (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, PhpStorm, RustRover, and more). Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 42/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
Step 1
Install in your client
Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.
CD
Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"intellij-idesense": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:29170/mcp/streamable-http"
}
}
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What Idesense does
A JetBrains IDE plugin that exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, giving AI coding assistants like Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Windsurf the IDE's code-analysis engines — indexing, navigation, and diagnostics — with no human interaction with the IDE required.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Idesense safe to use?
- Idesense has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
- How do I install Idesense?
- Idesense supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
- What AI clients work with Idesense?
- Idesense is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
- Is Idesense actively maintained?
- Idesense is actively maintained - last commit was 3 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.
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