JetBrains Junie
Junie, JetBrains' coding agent, follows your rules and searches your notes as it codes.
What changes
- Codes with your rules applied
- Checks past decisions before it changes something
- Logs decisions in your journal
Set up
Add Alwen's address to ~/.junie/mcp/mcp.json, as shown here.
Junie says Authorization required: AuthorizeAllow on the Alwen page.
{
"mcpServers": {
"alwen": { "url": "https://api.alwen.ai/mcp" }
}
}What it reads and writes
Every write is a commit signed by JetBrains Junie, so you can see what it added and undo it.
Reads
- Your rules and profile, once per session
- Notes that match what you're working on
Your vaultyou/alwen-vault
Writes
- What it learns, into inbox/junie/ for the tidy-up to file
- Decisions, straight into journal/
- Suggested rules, which wait for you to confirm
Works alongside
Config file
Plugin
Config file
Slack app
Cursor
Builds with your rules applied. Background agents can take work from Alwen.
Takes work from @alwenPluginGrok Bot
Every bot on your roster shares the memory. Good for research Alwen asks for.
Takes work from @alwenConfig fileClaude Code
Gets your rules as CLAUDE.md and builds what Alwen hands it.
Takes work from @alwenSlack appSlack
Mention @alwen to save a thought, find a decision, set reminders or hand off work.
Reads and writes the memory