aider

What is Aider

Aider is a model-agnostic AI pair programming tool for the terminal. It works with any LLM (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, local models via Ollama), automatically commits every change to git with descriptive messages, and supports an architect mode where one model plans and another edits.

When to delegate to Aider

Use Aider when you need to:

• Make incremental code changes with automatic git commits for each step
• Work with a specific LLM that other tools don't support (e.g., DeepSeek, local Ollama models)
• Use architect mode to have one model plan changes and another implement them
• Pair program on a specific set of files
• Make changes that should be individually tracked in git history
• Work with repositories where you want fine-grained commit history of AI changes

How to invoke Aider

Non-interactive (recommended for delegation)

Use --message with --yes for fully non-interactive execution: