Aider Configuration for Chinese Development

Optimized Aider configuration featuring multiple AI model aliases via OpenRouter, Chinese language chat, disabled auto-commits for manual control, and nvim editor integration.

Configuration Overview

This Aider setup provides:

Model Aliases

The configuration includes these OpenRouter model shortcuts:

Setup Instructions

1. **Install Aider**:

```bash

pip install aider-chat

```

2. **Create Configuration File**:

Save this as `.aider.conf.yml` in your project root or `~/.aider.conf.yml` for global settings:

```yaml

#################

# Model settings:

model: flash

#################

# Cache settings:

cache-prompts: true

#################

# Git settings:

auto-commits: false

watch-files: true

#################

# Output settings:

stream: true

#################

# Other settings:

chat-language: zh-CN

map-tokens: 2048

editor: nvim

alias:

- "v3:openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324"

- "v3f:openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free"

- "exp:openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25:free"

- "qwen3:openrouter/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b:free"

- "flash:openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20"

```

3. **Set OpenRouter API Key**:

```bash

export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_key_here

```

4. **Start Aider**:

```bash

# Use default flash model

aider

# Or switch to a specific model

aider --model v3

```

Usage Examples

**Switch Models Mid-Session**:

```

/model v3 # Switch to DeepSeek v3 (paid)

/model exp # Switch to Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp (free)

/model qwen3 # Switch to Qwen3 235B (free)

```

**Manual Git Workflow** (since auto-commits are disabled):

```bash

Make changes with Aider

aider "Add user authentication"

Review changes

git status

git diff

Commit manually when ready

git add .

git commit -m "Add user authentication with JWT"

```

**File Watching**:

With `watch-files: true`, Aider automatically detects when you edit files externally in nvim and incorporates those changes into the conversation context.

**Editor Integration**:

```

/editor # Opens current files in nvim

```

Key Configuration Choices

Notes

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