Other editors

elide lsp is a Java language server on stdio. Any editor with an LSP client can use it; VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA and Zed have their own integrations (VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Zed).

Java language server

Terminal

bash

elide lsp

Set it as the server command for the java language and start it from the project directory. Without a workspace root from the client, the server uses the directory it was started in. Inside an Elide project it reads the project’s classpath, so dependencies resolve.

Feature	LSP request
Diagnostics	`publishDiagnostics`, pull diagnostics
Completion, signature help	`completion`, `signatureHelp`
Hover, inlay hints	`hover`, `inlayHint`
Navigation	definition, declaration, type definition, implementation, references
Hierarchies	call and type hierarchy
Symbols	document and workspace symbols
Editing	rename, formatting, code actions, code lens
Display	semantic tokens, folding, selection ranges, highlights

Formatting follows Google Java Format, as elide javaformat does.

Neovim

Neovim 0.11 or later, in init.lua:

lua

vim.lsp.config("elide", {
  cmd = { "elide", "lsp" },
  filetypes = { "java" },
  root_markers = { "elide.pkl" },
})
vim.lsp.enable("elide")

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Opening a Java file under a directory with elide.pkl starts the server; :checkhealth vim.lsp lists the client.

Helix

In ~/.config/helix/languages.toml:

toml

[language-server.elide]
command = "elide"
args = ["lsp"]

[[language]]
name = "java"
roots = ["elide.pkl"]
language-servers = ["elide"]

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hx --health java shows ✓ elide with the binary’s path when elide is on PATH.

Debug Adapter Protocol

Elide serves the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) for JavaScript, TypeScript and Python. Start the program with --debugger=dap; Elide listens on 127.0.0.1:4711 and waits for a client to attach:

Terminal

bash

elide run --debugger=dap app.ts
elide test --debugger=dap app.test.ts

Point any DAP client at that address with an attach request; breakpoints, stepping, variables and the debug console work as in other DAP adapters. --debugger-port and --debugger-host change the address. Java and Kotlin programs use JDWP instead (see Debugging).

Neovim (nvim-dap)

lua

local dap = require("dap")
dap.adapters.elide = { type = "server", host = "127.0.0.1", port = 4711 }
for _, lang in ipairs({ "javascript", "typescript", "python" }) do
  dap.configurations[lang] = {
    { type = "elide", request = "attach", name = "Attach to Elide" },
  }
end

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Run elide run --debugger=dap in a terminal, then :DapContinue and pick Attach to Elide.

Coding agents

Agents in your editor connect to Elide over MCP: elide mcp for the project and https://elide.help/mcp for these docs. See Agentic engineering.