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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 our docs MCP server

This documentation ships with a Docs MCP Server that gives any MCP-enabled agent a searchDocs tool to search every page here and get back relevant passages with source URLs—no API key required. Point your client at https://you.com/docs/_mcp/server. See the Docs MCP Server guide for setup and examples.

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.

SDKs & Tools Overview

Browse every You.com SDK, agent tool, and integration.