Connect JetBrains AI Assistant

Add looot to JetBrains AI Assistant as a remote MCP server.

AI Assistant is the chat and agent in IntelliJ-based IDEs. MCP needs AI Assistant 2026.1 or later, and remote HTTP servers need a 2025.3 or later build.

Before you start you need a looot account. The runs you make spend the organization’s balance, so top up before your first paid run. See Before your first run.

Steps

1. Open Settings, Tools, AI Assistant, Model Context Protocol (MCP).
2. Click Add and choose to enter JSON.
3. Paste the config below and save. The server should show as connected.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looot": {
      "url": "https://api.looot.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The server URL is https://api.looot.ai/mcp.

Sign-in

JetBrains documents the URL form but does not describe a browser sign-in. If the server answers 401, add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <token>" } with an agent token from Settings, or bridge the sign-in with mcp-remote.

Check it works

Ask JetBrains AI Assistant to call balance or catalog_overview. Both are free. A working connection answers with your available balance, or the catalog’s categories and job counts.

A first prompt to try

Ask looot for my balance, then search its catalog for a tool that finds a work email from a name and company domain, and show me the price before running anything.

Troubleshooting

• No MCP page in settings: your AI Assistant is older than 2026.1. Update the plugin.
• Remote URL rejected: you need a 2025.3 or newer IDE build.
• Type / in the AI Assistant chat to add or check servers from the chat.
• Still stuck: see Troubleshooting.

What you see when you connect

If the client uses browser sign-in, it opens looot.ai and shows the consent page: which organization to bill, which scopes to grant and how long to stay connected. See The consent page.

Sources

• Model Context Protocol (MCP): www.jetbrains.com/help/ai-assistant/mcp.html
• Configure an MCP server: www.jetbrains.com/help/ai-assistant/configure-an-mcp-server.html