Explyt AI actions

AI-assisted conversions that automate routine Spring work inside the IDE: generating entities from a database schema, DTOs from entities, OpenAPI from controllers, and .http requests from cURL. The assistant proposes the result in chat and may ask clarifying questions, so you review before anything lands in your project.

Requirements. Two plugins must be installed: Explyt Spring and the Explyt AI assistant plugin, available from explyt.ai or the JetBrains Marketplace. Works with OpenAI-compatible providers and local models; output quality depends on the model you choose.

These actions are distinct from the MCP tools. MCP tools expose your Spring project's structure to external AI agents. The actions on this page are AI-driven commands you invoke yourself from the editor.

How to invoke them

From the right-click menu. In the editor or the Project view, right-click a file and choose Explyt Spring AI Actions, then pick a conversion. You can select several files at once for the DTO and entity conversions.

From the gutter. An AI assistant icon appears next to annotated class declarations, offering the actions relevant to that class.

Data and JPA

Action	What it does	Where
Convert Liquibase/Flyway File to Entity	Generates JPA entity classes from a Liquibase, Flyway, or plain SQL schema file.	Right-click a migration or SQL file
Convert Entity to Db Script	The reverse direction. Detects the application's database and migration tool and generates a matching migration script.	Right-click an entity, or the gutter on an entity class
Convert Entity to DTO	Generates DTO classes from JPA entities. The model can exclude fields or add validation annotations on request.	Right-click an entity, or the gutter on an entity class
Convert DTO to Entity	The reverse direction — JPA entities from DTO classes.	Right-click a DTO

Looking for equals and hashCode on an entity? That generator is not AI-driven and does not need the AI plugin — it ships in Explyt Spring under Code → Generate. See Code generation.

Web and API

Action	What it does	Where
Convert Spring Controller to OpenAPI File	Analyzes a controller's endpoints, parameters, and DTO models, then generates an OpenAPI specification.	Right-click a controller, or the gutter on a controller class
Convert OpenAPI File to Spring Controller	The reverse direction — scaffolds Spring REST controllers from an OpenAPI spec, which is useful when integrating a third-party service.	Right-click an OpenAPI file

HTTP requests

Action	What it does
Convert Curl to Http	Converts a cURL command into an RFC 7230 request and appends it to an HTTP file.
Convert Postman Collection to Http	Converts an entire Postman collection into RFC 7230 requests.

Run the resulting files with the built-in runner — see .http and .rest files.

Configuration formats

Action	What it does
Convert Properties to YAML	Converts a Spring .properties file to YAML, preserving comments.
Convert YAML to Properties	The reverse direction.

Spring Initializr generates application.properties. If your team standardises on YAML, this converts it in one step. A non-AI version of the same conversion is available in the editor popup menu without the AI plugin — see Code generation.

Further reading

• Neural networks in Spring development: eliminating routine, not intelligence (in Russian)
• Explyt AI platform and integrated agents (in Russian)

See also: MCP tools · Code generation