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The results of the JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026 reveal that 90% of professional developers use AI coding agents at work at least once a week, while 68% use them daily. Claude Code leads the field, while Codex is experiencing rapid growth and adoption of GitHub Copilot and Cursor declined between May and July 2026.
JetBrains has added support for the Agent Client Protocol to WebStorm, enabling developers to use multiple AI agents from within the same development environment, including agents associated with their existing subscriptions. The protocol also enables connecting custom agents and controlling the infrastructure and where data is processed.