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JetBrains Air → Agent Update

JetBrains' standalone coding agent. Not the AI Assistant plugin bundled with the IDEs.

JetBrains Air talks to Agent Update over MCP. The server is https://api.tryagentupdate.com/v1/mcp, the transport is Streamable HTTP, and the credential is one header.

Where it goes: .air/mcp.json (local) · .mcp.json (workspace) · global in settings

Setup

.air/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-update": {
      "url": "https://api.tryagentupdate.com/v1/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer au_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Before you file a bug

The docs say plainly that "Tokens passed through environment variables aren't supported", so the literal token goes in the file. That makes the Workspace scope (.mcp.json, committed) dangerous. Use .air/mcp.json or the Global scope instead, and gitignore .air/. Air is not JetBrains AI Assistant. Only Air takes a header.

Check it worked

Ask the agent to text you. A 401 means the token is wrong, or the word Bearer is in there twice. No tool at all means the transport string is wrong. Both are covered in troubleshooting.

Next

The five tools and their arguments are on the MCP page. The same tools over plain HTTP are on the REST page. Every other tool is on the docs index.

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