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title: "Rider 2026.2: IDE Intelligence for AI Agents, Faster Performance, and Spectacular Game Dev Updates"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/rider-2026-2-ide-intelligence-for-ai-agents-faster-performance-and-spectacular-game-dev-updates-f91cdm3hp
source_url: https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2026/07/22/rider-2026-2-release
type: article
source: "JetBrains .NET Blog"
published: 2026-07-22T15:11:23.749Z
updated: 2026-07-22T15:11:57.485Z
tags: ["github", "game-development", "ai-agents", ".net"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 1
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Rider 2026.2: IDE Intelligence for AI Agents, Faster Performance, and Spectacular Game Dev Updates

**[JetBrains .NET Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/jetbrains-dotnet)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Rider 2026.2 introduces agent skills that expose IDE intelligence (coverage data, profiler insights, refactoring engine) directly to AI coding agents. GitHub Copilot is now a natively integrated agent via a JetBrains-Microsoft partnership. Performance improvements include 2.8s faster debugger launch, 2–3× faster branch switching, and ~2× faster C++ indexing for large Unreal Engine projects. Game dev highlights include Natvis support on Linux/macOS, a GDScript formatter, drag-to-code scene nodes for Godot, and game-aware Unreal Engine AI skills. Other notable additions: WPF Hot Reload, TypeScript 7 support, built-in Azure Functions, Azure DevOps PR tool window, C++26 reflection support, and a redesigned NuGet tool window.

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