Dear JetBrains community,
We are very excited to announce the release of SonarQube for IntelliJ 13.0.0, which introduces a brand new AI Integrations tab in the SonarQube tool window that guides you through setting up SonarQube CLI and SonarQube MCP server integrations for your AI coding assistants directly within your IDE.
What’s new
AI Integrations tab for CLI and MCP onboarding:
A new tab in the SonarQube tool window presents two sections, SonarQube CLI (for local analysis as agents write code) and SonarQube MCP Server (for access to SonarQube project context). The view detects the AI agents available in your environment, shows the capabilities of each one, and handles loading, error, and empty states.
Whether you prefer using the CLI or the MCP server to bring SonarQube capabilities to your agents, we made it simple for you:
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Easy authentication: If you are using the connected mode for SonarQube for IDE, we automatically authenticate you with SonarQube CLI once you install it.
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Guided CLI setup flow: Install the SonarQube CLI and we will help you authenticate, and integrate compatible AI agents from the tab. Commands run in IntelliJ’s terminal, with a copyable command as a fallback when the terminal is unavailable.
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Per-agent standalone MCP configuration: Configure the SonarQube MCP Server for supported agents using an existing SonarQube connection, independently of CLI onboarding. Each agent shows whether it is unconfigured, configured, managed by the CLI, or needs attention, with setup and open-configuration actions.
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Junie and JetBrains AI Assistant detection: The AI Integrations tab now recognizes Junie and JetBrains AI Assistant alongside GitHub Copilot, and shows that MCP is available for them when their plugins are enabled.
Miscellaneous
- Search SonarQube projects while typing in the binding dialog: On instances with a large number of projects, typing a project name or key in the binding dialog now searches the server, so you can find projects beyond the preloaded list.
- SonarQube tool window available during indexing: The tool window is no longer hidden while the IDE is indexing, so findings, logs, and the Help & Feedback tab are accessible right away.
Updated language analyzers:
- Java 8.44.0.48651: New rules for the AI agent workflow, and a fix for an analysis failure caused by S1191 metadata (from 8.43.0.47668)
- JavaScript/TypeScript 14.1.0.46226: Context saving for SonarQube Agentic Analysis. Includes 14.0.0.46108 with new async and Promise rules, improved accessibility coverage, false positive fixes, and removal of the deprecated custom-rule APIs
- Python 5.32.0.37250: New rules, false positive and false negative fixes, and dependency updates
and more…
You can see more details about the release notes here.
Happy Coding,
Farah