JetBrains Central: Open Control Plane for Agent-Driven Software Development — Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI All Supported (EAP Q2 2026)

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JetBrains announced Central, a layered platform serving as the control and execution plane for agentic software development. It provides governance (policy enforcement, identity management, auditability, cost attribution), cloud agent runtimes, and shared semantic context across repositories — supporting agents from JetBrains, Anthropic (Claude Agent), OpenAI (Codex), Google (Gemini CLI), or custom solutions. Early Access Program launches Q2 2026 with design partners. This positions JetBrains as the orchestration layer for multi-agent development rather than competing on any single agent.