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Give AI Assistant and Junie real-time web search, content extraction, and citation-backed research through the You.com MCP Server.

Install the Docs MCP server

The Docs MCP server lets your agent search over the entirety of these docs. Free to use.

Install https://you.com/docs/_mcp/server. See the Docs MCP Server guide to learn more.

Supported IDEs: IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, RubyMine, PhpStorm, RustRover, CLion, DataGrip, and other JetBrains IDEs with AI Assistant enabled.

Requirements: AI Assistant plugin installed and active subscription (or trial).

Quick Setup

1

Open MCP Settings

Go to Settings → Tools → AI Assistant → Model Context Protocol (MCP), then click + to add a new server.

2

Add the You.com Server

Select As JSON and paste:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you-com": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"
    }
  }
}

Click OK. The server appears in your MCP list with a status indicator.

This uses the free profile: keyless you-search and you-discover, 100 queries per day, no signup.

3

Verify in AI Assistant Chat

Open the AI Assistant chat panel. Tool calls will route through MCP automatically when relevant. To force a tool call:

Use the you-com MCP server to search for the latest Kotlin Multiplatform release.

Higher Rate Limits

For higher limits plus you-contents and you-balance on /mcp. you-research and you-finance need the dedicated paths or an explicit allowlist:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you-com": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YDC_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a key at you.com/platform.

Quick Demo

Search for benchmarks comparing Kotlin coroutines vs Java virtual threads, with citations.
Extract the content from https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform.html and summarize the main concepts.

Troubleshooting

Confirm AI Assistant plugin is installed and you have an active subscription. MCP support requires a recent AI Assistant version (2024.3+).

JetBrains AI Assistant prefers built-in tools by default. Explicitly mention the server in your prompt to route through MCP.

Verify Authorization header is exactly Bearer YDC-... with one space. Watch for smart quotes from copy-paste.

Restart the IDE. JetBrains’ in-app reload of MCP config is unreliable. Full restart resolves most issues.

For team-wide setup, JetBrains supports project-scoped MCP config in .idea/mcp.xml. See the JetBrains MCP docs for sharing config across a repo.

Resources

MCP Server Reference

Endpoint, authentication, and full tool reference.

Python SDK

Call the Web Search, Answer, Contents, Research, and Finance Research APIs from Python.

Integrations

LangChain, crewAI, n8n, Zapier, and other third-party frameworks.