While IntelliJ IDEA excels at managing your project structure, it cannot be cheaply and reliably automated by build scripts. To use continuous integration servers (such as CruiseControl, Hudson or TeamCity) a developer is forced to write, maintain and keep synchronized a dual project structure consisting of IntelliJ project/module files and Ant build scripts.

ant-intellij-tasks aims to bridge the gap: it provides a flexible set of Ant tasks which can parse and resolve IntelliJ project/module files, as well as a common build script that automates common project- and module-level tasks, primarily building and testing.