Unlocking RubyMine 2026.1: AI Chat Upgrades, New Code Insight, and More
RubyMine 2026.1 is here, and it’s packed with exciting features to make your Ruby and Rails development experience faster and more enjoyable.
AI Chat Upgrades
RubyMine continues to evolve as an open platform that lets you bring your preferred AI tools directly into your development workflow. With RubyMine 2026.1, working with multiple AI agents and integrating them into your IDE experience is now easier than ever.
You can now choose from a range of AI agents, including Codex, Junie, Claude Agent, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot, among dozens of external agents supported via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). The new ACP Registry makes it easy to discover available agents and install them with just one click.
Work with Connected Databases Directly in the AI Chat
The AI chat integration for Codex and Claude Agent now offers full, native support for your connected databases. With this feature, you can query, analyze, and modify your database state using natural language right from the IDE.
The same functionality is available for external agents via MCP server, providing a seamless experience across your development workflow.
Get Next Edit Suggestions Throughout Your File
Next edit suggestions are now available without consuming AI quota of your JetBrains AI Pro, Ultimate, and Enterprise subscriptions. These suggestions go beyond traditional code completion, intelligently applying related changes across the entire file to keep your code consistent and up to date with minimal effort.
This natural evolution of code completion delivers a seamless Tab Tab experience that keeps you in the flow.
New Code Insight Engine (Beta)
RubyMine 2026.1 introduces a new, currently experimental, symbol-based language modeling engine. This engine changes how RubyMine understands classes, modules, and constants, laying the groundwork for faster and more reliable code insight.
Our internal benchmarks show significant improvements, including:
- Qualified first-element constant completion is about 40% faster
- The overall time for constant completion improved by roughly 50%
- Type-matched completion for exceptions became dramatically faster – by about 95%
- The performance of Find Usages improved by around 60% in large projects and by about 15% in typical cases
Additional Areas That Benefit from the New Engine
The new code insight engine also improves the following areas:
- Rename refactoring
- Quick Documentation, Quick Target
Get the New Build
You can get the new build from our website or via the free Toolbox App.
Conclusion
RubyMine 2026.1 is a significant release that brings exciting features to make your Ruby and Rails development experience faster and more enjoyable. With AI chat upgrades, new code insight, and more, you’ll be able to work more efficiently and effectively.
Get the new build today and start experiencing the benefits of RubyMine 2026.1!
