The evidence is clear that AI impacts multiple aspects of the software development lifecycle. A recent Java report found that only 12% of industry professionals surveyed do not use AI tools in their work. One of the hottest AI topics is agentic AI, which is set to make a huge impact on Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and supercharge developer productivity. However, it is early days for agentic AI, so it is important to understand what it can achieve right now, where it might go in the future, and how it sits alongside existing IDE…