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Developers · Updated 25 Oct, 09:57 pm IST

JetBrains unveils ThinkRail, an agentic IDE with project-aware agents

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Why it matters for readers: Curious readers can explore how an IDE uses living specs and agents to personalise coding tasks.

  • ThinkRail is an agentic IDE built around a "pi" coding agent and a rich interface.1
  • It uses isolated workspaces based on git worktrees so agents can work in parallel without touching the main checkout.1
  • ThinkRail gives agents durable project knowledge via living specs and reusable skills.1
  • The team plans to add full extension support so ThinkRail can create tools tailored to how you work.1
  • More information, a website and blog are available at thinkrail.ai and thinkrail.ai/blog.1

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