should I enable Jetbrains MCP Server?

[stefanos-kalantzis]

Hi,

I'm using Serena with Jetbrains Claude Agent and the Serena Jetbrains Plugin. Serena runs with --context=jb-ai-assistant and --language-backend=JetBrains.

There's also Jetbrains MCP Server which you can enable with a single click in the settings.

My question is should I be using the Jetbrains MCP Server or not? I think there's some overlap in tooling, and I don't know how this excess of tooling affects Claude.

Also, a tangent: ever since "Caveman" went viral, it seems that Anthropic has made Claude less susceptible to behavioral modifications, which seems to have affected how often Claude reaches out for Serena tools. Is there something I can do to "fix" this?