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Question: if one writes a Kotlin compiler plugin does the plugin automatically work in Intellij? Or does special IDE support need to be built

Depends on compiler plugin functionality but if it’s something like new keyword afaik you’ll need special IDE support for it.

From what I remember from KontlinConf though the long term plan is to change compiler plugin API so that it will “just work” in IDE. 

Thanks for the reply. I’m not looking to change the syntax just confirmation that compiler plugins are picked up automatically by the IntelliJ compiler. KAPT for example is not.

Oh, I think I misinterpreted your question :thinking_face: Thought it was about IDE support in general. For IJ compiler to pick up plugins I guess you’ll need to specify them in `IDE Preferences -&gt; Kotlin Compiler` settings with parameters as described here <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/compiler-plugins.html#using-in-cli>