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Definition
An agentic IDE is a development environment where an AI agent can fetch content, edit files, run commands, and load tools (often via mcp) under human-in-the-loop approval assumptions.
Key Points
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2026-10-25: thinkrail (JetBrains, Apache 2.0)—pi agent, worktrees, SPEC.md specs, MCP tool approval UX (2026-10-25-jetbrains-thinkrail-agentic-ide)
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Trust boundary fails when agents can rewrite tool-config files (e.g. mcp.json) without meaningful approval (aws-kiro-hidden-text-rce)
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Related incidents: Cursor git.exe RCE, Amazon Q MCP auto-load, coding-agent Bash guard bypasses
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Hardening pattern: platform-enforced protected paths, not model judgment