Working with JetBrains

You can work on platform projects with JetBrains IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA without any issues – the code is plain Git repository material. The platform integration is intentionally leaner here than for VS Code, Cursor & Antigravity.

What the platform provides

• The setup app can install IntelliJ IDEA and open projects directly in it.
• The project folder contains an .idea directory (symlinked from local-configuration) as a shared place for team settings.

What you do yourself

• Project configuration: run configurations, SDK assignment, and module setup are created in the IDE itself – the platform does not (yet) generate these.
• Starting applications: use the IDE terminal with the ap CLI:

ap run-local

• AI instructions: the generated agent rules (AGENTS.md, .cursor/rules) target the AI editors. If you use the JetBrains AI Assistant, point it manually at the AGENTS.md in the project root – see Telling the AI how to work.