jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from hechtcarmel/jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin. It costs 3,880 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Instructions for using a JetBrains IDE debugger through MCP, a standard way for software tools to communicate with an AI agent. A debugger pauses a running program so its code and values can be inspected.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to discover debug configurations, start sessions, set breakpoints, resume and pause execution, inspect stack traces and variables, evaluate expressions, and step through programs.
Why use it?
It provides a repeatable process for finding bugs by setting breakpoints, stepping through code, examining variables, and testing expressions.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is hechtcarmel/jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin configures →

Not installable: its command points at a path on the author’s own machine, so it runs nowhere else. The line is /Users/dev/my-project.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to hechtcarmel/jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hechtcarmel/jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hechtcarmel/jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

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Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.03880 $0.03880
Opus 5 $0.01940 $0.01940
Sonnet 5 $0.00776 $0.00776
Haiku 4.5 $0.00388 $0.00388

Measured 8d ago against content hash 7b495d6ae09a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Runs shell commandslowCapability

Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.

the blocklist is JVM-specific, so `os.system`, `require('child_process')` and similar pass
CLAUDE.md · 380 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 380 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

JetBrains Debugger MCP Plugin

This plugin exposes JetBrains IDE debugger capabilities through MCP (Model Context Protocol), enabling AI agents to programmatically debug applications.

Quick Start

IMPORTANT: When debugging, prefer using jetbrains-debugger MCP tools to interact with the IDE debugger.

Typical Debugging Workflow

  1. Discover configurations: list_run_configurations to see available run/debug configs
  2. Start debugging: start_debug_session with a configuration that has can_debug: true
  3. Set breakpoints: set_breakpoint at locations of interest
  4. Resume and wait: resume_execution then wait_for_pause with a timeout to block until a breakpoint is hit
  5. Inspect state: wait_for_pause returns variables, stack trace, and source context automatically. Use get_debug_session_status if you need to re-inspect without waiting.
  6. Evaluate expressions: evaluate_expression to test hypotheses
  7. Step through code: step_over, step_into, step_out as needed
  8. Repeat steps 5-7 until the issue is found

Tool Reference

Session Management

Tool Description
list_run_configurations List available run configurations
execute_run_configuration Run a configuration (debug or run mode)
list_debug_sessions List active debug sessions
start_debug_session Start a new debug session
stop_debug_session Stop a debug session
get_debug_session_status Get comprehensive session state (variables, stack, source)

Breakpoints

Tool Description
list_breakpoints List all breakpoints
set_breakpoint Set a line breakpoint (supports conditions, log messages)
remove_breakpoint Remove a breakpoint by ID

Execution Control

Tool Description
resume_execution Resume from paused state
pause_execution Pause running execution
step_over Step to next line (over function calls)
step_into Step into function call
step_out Step out of current function
run_to_line Run until specific line is reached
wait_for_pause Wait for session to pause (breakpoint, exception, manual). Returns full status.

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Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

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jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository hechtcarmel/jetbrains-debugger-mcp-plugin (104 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,880 tokens to every session, about $0.0194 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (runs shell commands). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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