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Constraints

• Windows OS: Windows 11 (x64) is recommended. For Windows 10 (x64), the version must be 2019 or later, and upgrading to the latest stable version is advised.
• macOS: macOS 11 or later, compatible with ARM64 (Apple Silicon) and x86_64 (Intel).

Preparations

• You have downloaded and installed IntelliJ IDEA (versions 2022.3 to 2026.1).
• Before coding with CodeArts Agent, create a Huawei Cloud account.
  1. Visit the Huawei Cloud official website and click Sign Up in the upper right corner.
  2. Sign up for a Huawei Cloud account.
• If you are an IAM user, a seat has been assigned to you by the enterprise administrator.

Installing the CodeArts Agent Extension

1. Install the CodeArts Agent extension.

   Install the CodeArts Agent extension from the IntelliJ IDEA extension marketplace.

   1. Open IntelliJ IDEA and click Plugins in the navigation pane on the left. The Plugins page is displayed.
   2. Click Marketplace on the top of the page and enter CodeArts Agent in the search box to search for the CodeArts Agent extension.
      Figure 1 Searching for CodeArts Agent
      
   3. Click Install. IntelliJ IDEA will then download and install the extension.
   4. After the installation is complete, click Restart IDE or manually restart IDEA to activate the extension.

   You can also download the CodeArts Agent installation package to your computer for offline setup.

   1. Go to the CodeArts Agent download page and download the offline installation package based on your IDEA version.
   2. Open IntelliJ IDEA and click Plugins in the navigation pane on the left. The Plugins page is displayed.
   3. Click at the top of the page and select Install Plugin from Disk.
      Figure 2 Selecting Install Plugin from Disk
      
   4. Select the downloaded CodeArts Agent package and click OK. IntelliJ IDEA will check the dependencies and install the extension.
   5. After the installation is complete, click Restart IDE or manually restart IDEA to activate the extension.

2. Create or open a project.

   Creating a project: Create a project from scratch and customize your development environment.

   1. On the Welcome to IntelliJ IDEA page, click New Project. The New Project dialog box is displayed.
   2. Enter the project name, select a path for storing the project, and click Create.
      

      Unit tests depend on the data read from pom.xml. To ensure unit tests can run properly, set Build system to Maven when creating a project. After the project is created, a pom.xml file is automatically generated in the corresponding folder of the explorer.

      Figure 3 Creating a project
      

   Importing a project: Import local project files to quickly start development.

   1. On the Welcome to IntelliJ IDEA page, click Open.
   2. Select a local folder to open the project in IntelliJ IDEA.

   Cloning a repository: Clone a remote repository to easily continue developing an existing project.

   1. On the Welcome to IntelliJ IDEA page, click Clone Repository.
   2. Enter the repository URL, select a local path for storing the repository, and click Clone.

3. Log in to CodeArts Agent.
   1. In the sidebar, click to open the chat panel.
   2. Click HUAWEI ID Login. The Huawei Cloud login page is displayed.
   3. Enter your HUAWEI ID and password and click LOG IN.
      

      If your account does not have any package activated, a free package will be automatically activated for you upon login.

4. (Optional) Log out.

   To log out, click in the chat panel of CodeArts Agent and choose Sign Out.

Related Operations

• If line wrapping does not work in the history preview window, see What Do I Do If the Chat History Cannot Auto-Wrap?
• If entering non-English characters in the chat panel causes an error, see How Do I Fix the Exception Reported When Typing Non-English Characters in the Chat Box?
• If your JetBrains IDE version is 25.2 and you cannot obtain terminal output, see What Do I Do When JetBrains IDE Version 25.2 Cannot Display Terminal Output?