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LLM Brains

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LLM Brains is a JetBrains IDE plugin that adds a toolbar button to launch popular CLI coding agents directly in their own IDE terminal window. Works with all JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PhpStorm, WebStorm, PyCharm, etc.).

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Features

  • One-click access to CLI coding agents from the IDE toolbar (🫴 icon)
  • 14 built-in agents with auto-detection of installed tools
  • Custom agent support - add your own CLI tool with configurable name, command, and URL
  • Check & Update utilities to manage all agents at once
  • Configurable - enable/disable agents via Settings > Tools > LLM Brains
  • Cross-platform - works on macOS, Linux, and Windows

Supported CLI Agents

Agent Command Provider Installation
Amp CLI amp Sourcegraph npm install -g @sourcegraph/amp
Claude Code claude Anthropic npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
Codex CLI codex OpenAI npm install -g @openai/codex
Copilot CLI copilot GitHub npm install -g @github/copilot
Crush CLI crush Charm npm install -g @charmland/crush
Droid CLI droid Factory AI curl -fsSL https://app.factory.ai/cli \| sh
Gemini CLI gemini Google npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
Goose CLI goose Block curl -fsSL https://.../download_cli.sh \| bash
Grok CLI grok xAI npm install -g @vibe-kit/grok-cli
OpenCode opencode OpenCode AI npm install -g opencode-ai
Qodo qodo Qodo npm install -g @qodo/command
Qwen Code qwen Alibaba npm install -g @qwen-code/qwen-code@latest
VT Code vtcode vinhnx npm install -g @vinhnx/vtcode
Warp CLI warp Warp brew install --cask warp-cli

Custom Agent

In addition to the built-in agents, you can configure your own custom CLI agent:

  1. Go to Settings/Preferences > Tools > LLM Brains
  2. Enable the Custom Agent checkbox
  3. Configure:
  4. Name: Display name shown in the dropdown (e.g., "My Agent")
  5. Command: The CLI command to execute (e.g., myagent)
  6. URL: Documentation URL for reference

Your custom agent will appear in the dropdown menu alongside the built-in agents.

Usage

Click the 🫴 icon in the top right corner of the IDE to access:

  • Agent actions - Launch any enabled agent in a new terminal tab
  • Check what's installed - Shows version info for all agents (or install hints for missing ones)
  • Update all agents - Updates all enabled agents to their latest versions

Installation

  1. Open your JetBrains IDE
  2. Go to Settings/Preferences > Plugins > Marketplace
  3. Search for "LLM Brains"
  4. Click Install and restart the IDE

Or install from the JetBrains Marketplace.

Configuration

Go to Settings/Preferences > Tools > LLM Brains to:

  • Enable or disable specific built-in agents in the dropdown menu
  • Configure a custom agent with your own CLI tool

Requirements

  • JetBrains IDE 2024.1+ (platform version 251, 252, 253)
  • Terminal plugin (bundled with all JetBrains IDEs)