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<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:$primary;">Agent Centric Development Cycle (AC/DC)</mark></td><td><a href="https://docs.sonarsource.com/agent-centric-development-cycle/">Agent Centric Development Cycle</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:$primary;">SonarQube Developer Tools</mark></td><td><a href="https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-development-tools/">SonarQube Development Tools</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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CLI</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:$primary;">SonarQube for VS Code Documentation</mark></td><td><a href="https://5937594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0r7HB8CBjZFnmsuMXkDc%2Fuploads%2FDk1k9VuiWUcXP5AXLu0V%2FSQ_IDE_Dark%20Backgrounds%402x.png?alt=media&amp;token=0955d6a6-0704-4dad-baaf-3b7863fb3767">SQ_IDE_Dark Backgrounds@2x.png</a></td><td><a href="https://5937594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0r7HB8CBjZFnmsuMXkDc%2Fuploads%2FZwWJtMXnUBINU7Tu0gO5%2FIDE%402x.png?alt=media&amp;token=ab16e82d-b09d-4ad1-a96a-83876d9462a5">IDE@2x.png</a></td><td><a href="https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-for-vs-code/">VS Code</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:$primary;">SonarQube for IntelliJ Documentation</mark></td><td><a href="https://5937594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0r7HB8CBjZFnmsuMXkDc%2Fuploads%2FDk1k9VuiWUcXP5AXLu0V%2FSQ_IDE_Dark%20Backgrounds%402x.png?alt=media&amp;token=0955d6a6-0704-4dad-baaf-3b7863fb3767">SQ_IDE_Dark Backgrounds@2x.png</a></td><td><a href="https://5937594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0r7HB8CBjZFnmsuMXkDc%2Fuploads%2FZwWJtMXnUBINU7Tu0gO5%2FIDE%402x.png?alt=media&amp;token=ab16e82d-b09d-4ad1-a96a-83876d9462a5">IDE@2x.png</a></td><td><a href="https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-for-intellij/">IntelliJ</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:$primary;">SonarQube MCP Server</mark></td><td><a href="https://5937594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0r7HB8CBjZFnmsuMXkDc%2Fuploads%2FKgDlla5kWyfRNFfR2clz%2FSonarQube_MCP_Card%20Logo_Dark-Mode%404x.png?alt=media&amp;token=8751005b-33e1-4690-8638-ebf0eea1831a">SonarQube_MCP_Card Logo_Dark-Mode@4x.png</a></td><td><a 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