VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-10-15JetBrains Air puts your coding agents in one pane — a worktree and a running cost for every taskJetBrains' free Air plugin puts Codex, Claude, Copilot and Junie in one session list inside a JetBrains IDE, giving each delegated task its own Git worktree and a running cost — with the first workflow, the accounts it needs, and the conditions for skipping an early access build.1
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-10-01Looker's VS Code extension moves LookML onto your disk — with a proxy holding your agent until the sync landsGoogle's official Looker extension for VS Code reached general availability on September 10, 2026: it puts your LookML project on your disk, pushes every save back to your Looker instance, and runs a local MCP proxy so an AI agent reads the model only after the sync lands — with the one workflow to try and the instance, permission and admin setup that decide whether it applies to you at all.2
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-09-17OpenTelemetry reaches IntelliJ IDEA, GoLand, PyCharm and WebStorm: logs, traces and a service map beside your codeJetBrains' free OpenTelemetry plugin now brings logs, metrics, traces and a live service map from instrumented Java, Python, Go, Node.js and .NET applications into IntelliJ IDEA, GoLand, PyCharm and WebStorm, with a first-run workflow and the caveats that decide the trial.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-09-03Cargo Tools gives VS Code a control panel for Rust workspacesCargo Tools adds visual control over Rust profiles, targets, workspace tasks, and Cargo aliases beside rust-analyzer, with a concrete first-workspace trial and direct install path.1
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-08-20ReScript IDE brings ReScript language support to JetBrains — with the compiler watcher attachedReScript IDE adds LSP-backed completion, navigation, diagnostics, formatting, and JSX-aware editing to JetBrains IDEs, but its alpha quality, small adoption signal, and required compiler watcher make it a contained trial rather than a team-wide default.1
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-08-06Java & Kotlin by IntelliJ IDEA brings IntelliJ language intelligence to VS CodeJetBrains' new VS Code extension brings IntelliJ-powered Java and Kotlin completion, navigation, refactoring, and debugging to Maven, Gradle, and Bazel projects, with a 30-day preview build and no test discovery yet.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-07-23VersionLens Redux brings dependency updates to Cargo, Go, Nix, and moreVersionLens Redux puts dependency versions, update actions, and OSV vulnerability diagnostics beside manifests across Rust, Go, JavaScript, Python, JVM, and infrastructure projects.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-06-28ty brings faster Python checks to VS CodeAstral's ty extension brings fast Python type-checking diagnostics into VS Code, with a cautious setup path for teams not ready to replace Pylance outright.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-06-27MSSQL Schema Designer ships with CopilotMicrosoft's MSSQL extension now turns VS Code into a Copilot-assisted SQL Server schema designer with visual review and ORM migration generation.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-06-26XLIDE brings VBA into VS CodeXLIDE turns Excel VBA workbooks into VS Code projects with workbook-aware editing, module sync, tests, diagnostics, and AI-assisted automation.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-06-25SYNAPSE turns your VS Code codebase into an interactive architecture graphSYNAPSE — Visual Architecture Engine (v0.3.31, June 25, 2026) is a VS Code extension that scans your entire project, builds a live dependency graph, filters out noise, and lets you narrow the view to any file's N-hop neighborhood with a traffic heatmap overlay. Installs via manual VSIX from GitHub (GPL-3.0, free); Marketplace publication planned after v0.4.0.
VS Code / JetBrains Plugin Pick2026-06-24Protobuf VSC — the VS Code replacement for vscode-proto3Protobuf VSC v1.6.7 is the endorsed successor to the now-deprecated vscode-proto3, adding breaking-change detection, an interactive schema graph, and a built-in toolchain manager.