JetBrains Adapter

The JetBrains adapter connects JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm, and others) to FORG via MCP. There is no FORG JetBrains Marketplace plugin — instead,forg connect jetbrains generates a managed MCP configuration stub that you enable in the IDE.

Prerequisites

• A JetBrains IDE with an MCP-aware AI assistant
• FORG CLI installed and activated
• Node.js 18+ (for the MCP server process)

Install

forg connect jetbrains

This writes a marked FORG MCP stub, forg-mcp.xml, into every detected JetBrains product configuration directory, e.g.:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/<ProductVersion>/options/
• Linux: ~/.config/JetBrains/<ProductVersion>/options/

The stub registers the FORG MCP server backed by npx -y forg-mcp@latest. Enable it from your IDE's MCP settings (or merge the marked block into the IDE'soptions/mcp.xml), then restart the IDE. The block is FORG-managed, soforg uninstall removes only the FORG footprint.

What gets captured

• Tool-call metadata and session boundaries from the IDE's AI assistant
• Model, token, and cost metadata per session
• Auto-sampled session heartbeats (every 30 s for standalone hosts)

Verification

FORG_KEYSTORE=file:// forg status
# Restart the IDE, start a new AI session, and confirm signals arrive.

Notes

• FORG registers an MCP server via a config stub; it does not ship a JetBrains plugin.
• The adapter is metadata-only — prompt and completion content stay on your machine.