Aider Black Metal Theme Configuration

This skill provides a personalized Aider configuration featuring a sleek Black Metal color theme, Neovim editor integration, and a workflow optimized for developers who prefer manual control over their development environment.

What This Skill Does

Configures Aider with:

**Black Metal Theme**: Dark, high-contrast color scheme inspired by Dracula/Monokai

**Neovim Integration**: Uses nvim as the default editor

**Vim Mode**: Enables vim-style keybindings in Aider

**Manual Git Control**: Disables auto-commits and attribution

**Streamlined Output**: Turns off streaming, model warnings, and diff displays

**Performance Optimization**: Enables prompt caching with extended keepalive

Configuration Details

Visual Theme

User input, assistant output, and tool output: `#f8f8f2` (off-white)

Tool errors: `#ff5555` (red)

Completion menu: Dark background (`#282a36`) with light text

Active completion: Highlighted (`#44475a` background)

Code syntax highlighting: Monokai theme

Editor & Input

**Editor**: Neovim (`nvim`)

**Vim Mode**: Enabled for vim keybindings

**Multiline**: Disabled (single-line input)

**Shell Commands**: Suggestion disabled

**Chat History**: Not restored between sessions

Git Workflow

**Auto-commits**: Disabled (manual commit control)

**Attribution**: Disabled for both author and committer

**Diff Display**: Hidden by default

**Edit Format**: Whole file (not diff-based)

Performance

**Streaming**: Disabled

**Model Warnings**: Disabled

**Auto-lint/Auto-test**: Disabled

**Prompt Caching**: Enabled

**Cache Keepalive**: 12 pings

**Update Checks**: Disabled

Architecture Mode

**Architect Mode**: Disabled (direct coding, not planning)

Instructions for AI Agent

When a user requests this Aider configuration:

1. **Create Configuration File**

- Write to `.aider.conf.yml` in the user's home directory or project root

- Use YAML format with the exact settings specified above

2. **Apply Theme Settings**

```yaml

user-input-color: "#f8f8f2"

assistant-output-color: "#f8f8f2"

tool-output-color: "#f8f8f2"

tool-error-color: "#ff5555"

tool-warning-color: "#f8f8f2"

completion-menu-color: "#f8f8f2"

completion-menu-bg-color: "#282a36"

completion-menu-current-color: "#f8f8f2"

completion-menu-current-bg-color: "#44475a"

code-theme: "monokai"

```

3. **Configure Editor & Input Mode**

```yaml

editor: nvim

vim: true

multiline: false

suggest-shell-commands: false

restore-chat-history: false

```

4. **Set Git Preferences**

```yaml

auto-commits: false

no-attribute-author: true

no-attribute-committer: true

show-diffs: false

```

5. **Disable Auto-features**

```yaml

stream: false

show-model-warnings: false

auto-lint: false

auto-test: false

architect: false

check-update: false

```

6. **Enable Performance Optimization**

```yaml

cache-prompts: true

cache-keepalive-pings: 12

```

7. **Verify Installation**

- Confirm Neovim is installed (`nvim --version`)

- Test Aider launches with the new configuration

- Verify vim mode is active in Aider

Usage Examples

**Installing the configuration:**

```bash

Copy to home directory

cp .aider.conf.yml ~/

Or create project-specific config

cp .aider.conf.yml /path/to/project/

```

**Testing the configuration:**

```bash

Launch Aider and verify settings

aider --show-settings

Check theme is applied

aider --help

```

Important Notes

**Neovim Required**: Ensure nvim is installed and in PATH

**Git Manual Control**: You must manually stage, commit, and push changes

**No Auto-features**: Linting, testing, and commits are manual

**Single-line Input**: Press Enter to submit (multiline disabled)

**Session Isolation**: Chat history doesn't persist between sessions

**Performance**: Prompt caching improves response times for repeated queries

Customization

Users can modify:

Color values to match their preferred theme

Editor to `vim`, `code`, `emacs`, etc.

Enable/disable multiline mode based on preference

Adjust cache-keepalive-pings for network conditions

Re-enable auto-commits if desired

This configuration prioritizes developer control, performance, and visual consistency with the Black Metal aesthetic.

Aider Black Metal Theme Configuration

Aider Black Metal Theme Configuration

What This Skill Does

Configuration Details

Visual Theme

Editor & Input

Git Workflow

Performance

Architecture Mode

Instructions for AI Agent

Usage Examples

Copy to home directory

Or create project-specific config

Launch Aider and verify settings

Check theme is applied

Important Notes

Customization

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