Add MCP servers to JetBrains AI Assistant

JetBrains AI Assistant takes MCP servers in its settings screen, where you paste JSON in the mcpServers shape.

Where

Open Settings > Tools > AI Assistant > Model Context Protocol (MCP), click Add and paste the JSON, using a url for remote servers.

Top-level key

mcpServers

Format

json (pasted in UI)

OAuth for remote servers

?Not documented

Example config

This example adds GitHub's hosted server and Playwright as a local server, in the shape this client expects.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    },
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Notes and quirks

• Servers can be added at global or project level.
• An Import from Claude option is available.
• Remote entries take a url; one ending in /sse is treated as SSE.
• Header and OAuth support for remote servers isn't documented.
• The IDE can also act as an MCP server itself, under Settings | Tools | MCP Server.

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