JetBrains Plugin

The Claude Code JetBrains plugin brings the same capabilities to IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, and the rest of the JetBrains family. The plugin runs Claude Code in an integrated terminal panel — it is the terminal experience wrapped in a JetBrains tool window. The advantage over using an external terminal is integration: the plugin can access the current file, selection, and project context without you explicitly providing paths.

Setup mirrors the VS Code extension: install from the JetBrains marketplace, authenticate, and configure keybindings. The keybinding configuration is the most important customization — JetBrains IDEs have dense keyboard shortcut maps, so finding an unoccupied binding requires checking for conflicts. Alt+C or Ctrl+Shift+C are commonly available. The plugin supports both chat-mode interaction (the panel) and inline editing (select code, invoke Claude).