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Chrome Connect plugin

The Chrome Connect plugin adds the chrome-devtools-cli skill to JetBrains AI Assistant coding agents, thus providing integration between the AI chat and Chrome DevTools and allowing agents to access live runtime data and perform browser interactions. This equips AI agents integrated into WebStorm with real-time observability and action capabilities, closing the loop between code generation, debugging, and validation for frontend development.

The video below shows how you can have a runtime error in a React full-stack application fixed by using the Codex agent and the chrome-devtools-cli skill.

Before you start

  1. Make sure AI Assistant is installed.

    Check AI Assistant installation
  2. Make sure the Chrome Connect bundled plugin is enabled in the Installed tab of the Settings | Plugins page as described in Install and manage plugins.

  3. In the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) , go to Tools | AI Assistant | Skills, and make sure the chrome-devtools-cli skill is enabled.

    Chrome-devtools-cli skill enabled
03 August 2026