Aider Black Metal Theme

A carefully crafted Aider configuration that provides a professional development environment with the Black Metal color scheme, Neovim integration, and workflow optimizations.

What This Skill Does

This configuration transforms Aider into a streamlined coding assistant with:

Configuration Details

Visual Theme

Editor Settings

Git Integration

Performance

Workflow

How to Use

1. **Save Configuration**

- Save this content as `.aider.conf.yml` in your home directory or project root

- Project-level configs override home directory configs

2. **Launch Aider**

```bash

aider

```

The configuration will be automatically loaded.

3. **Verify Theme**

- Check that colors match the Black Metal theme

- Completion menu should have dark background with clear highlighting

- Code blocks should use Monokai syntax highlighting

4. **Use Vim Keybindings**

- Navigate with `h`, `j`, `k`, `l`

- Enter insert mode with `i`

- Exit to normal mode with `Esc`

5. **Manage Git Commits**

- Make changes with Aider

- Review changes manually

- Commit with your own messages for full control

Customization Options

Change Editor

Replace `nvim` with your preferred editor:

```yaml

editor: code # VS Code

editor: vim # Standard Vim

editor: emacs # Emacs

```

Enable Streaming

For real-time response display:

```yaml

stream: true

```

Enable Auto-commits

For automatic Git commits:

```yaml

auto-commits: true

show-diffs: true

```

Enable Multiline Input

For multi-line prompts (less common with vim mode):

```yaml

multiline: true

```

Different Color Scheme

Adjust any color values (hex format):

```yaml

user-input-color: "#your-color"

code-theme: "dracula" # or github-dark, solarized-dark, etc.

```

Notes

Compatibility