Aider Integration

Overview

Aider is a powerful voice and text-based AI pair programming tool that directly edits code in your local Git repository. It provides a natural language interface for making code changes, adding features, and fixing bugs.

Key Features

Git Integration: Works directly with your Git repositories
Voice Control: Optional voice commands for hands-free coding
Real Code Edits: Makes actual changes to your codebase
Multi-File Context: Understands project-wide dependencies
Commit Management: Creates meaningful Git commits

Use Cases

Implementing new features via natural language descriptions
Fixing bugs through conversation about the problem
Refactoring code with AI assistance
Exploring alternative implementations through dialogue
Learning new codebases through guided exploration

Setup Instructions for interacting with Aider in text mode

Install Aider
Terminal window
```
python -m pip install aider-install
```

Create an environment variable or modify Aider’s config .aider.conf.yml

export OPENAI_API_KEY="RELAX_API_KEY"
export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.relax.ai/v1/"

Run Aider with the relaxAI model

aider --model openai/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E

Configuration Example (`.aider.conf.yml`)

model: Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E
openai_api_base: https://api.relax.ai/v1/
openai_api_key: RELAX_API_KEY

Using Aider

Here are some common Aider commands:

/help - Show available commands
/add <files> - Add files to the current coding session
/drop <files> - Remove files from the session
/ls - List files in the current session
/diff - Show changes made so far
/commit "message" - Commit changes with the specified message

Example usage: Aider in Action