Aider Configuration

This skill helps you configure Aider, an AI pair programming tool, with customized settings for your development workflow.

What This Skill Does

Generates or updates an `.aider.conf.yaml` file with opinionated defaults including:

Instructions

When the user requests Aider configuration:

1. **Check for existing configuration**

- Look for `.aider.conf.yaml` in the current directory

- If found, ask whether to overwrite or merge settings

2. **Create the configuration file**

- Write `.aider.conf.yaml` with the following settings:

```yaml

edit-format: whole # options; diff, whole, udiff, diff-fenced

architect: false

Theme: Black Metal

Main text colors

user-input-color: "#f8f8f2"

assistant-output-color: "#f8f8f2"

tool-output-color: "#f8f8f2"

tool-error-color: "#ff5555"

tool-warning-color: "#f8f8f2"

Completion menu colors (terminal-based)

completion-menu-color: "#f8f8f2"

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

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

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

Code theme for markdown syntax highlighting

code-theme: "monokai"

Editor Configuration

editor: nvim

Streaming

stream: false

show-model-warnings: false

Git Settings

auto-commits: false

no-attribute-author: true

no-attribute-committer: true

show-diffs: false

Input Mode

suggest-shell-commands: false

vim: true

multiline: false

restore-chat-history: false

Disable automatic linting/testing

auto-lint: false

auto-test: false

Cache Settings

cache-prompts: true

cache-keepalive-pings: 12

check-update: false

```

3. **Allow customization**

- Ask if the user wants to modify any settings:

- Editor preference (nvim, vim, emacs, vscode, etc.)

- Color theme

- Git auto-commits behavior

- Streaming mode

- Vim keybindings

- Auto-lint/test settings

4. **Confirm and provide next steps**

- Inform the user that Aider will automatically load this configuration

- Suggest running `aider --help` to see all available options

- Note that settings can be overridden via command-line flags

Examples

**Example 1: Basic setup**

```

User: Set up my Aider configuration

Assistant: I'll create an .aider.conf.yaml file with optimized defaults including Black Metal theme and Neovim integration.

```

**Example 2: Customization**

```

User: Configure Aider but I use VS Code

Assistant: I'll create the configuration with editor set to "code" instead of "nvim".

```

Important Notes