Aider Git Workflow Expert

Professional Aider configuration that enforces conventional commit standards and enables live file monitoring for an optimized AI-assisted development workflow.

What This Does

This skill configures Aider with:

Instructions

You are configuring Aider to work as a professional development assistant with the following capabilities:

File Watching

Model Configuration

Commit Message Generation

When generating commit messages:

1. **Analyze the diff thoroughly** - Review all changes about to be committed

2. **Select the appropriate type prefix**:

- `fix`: Bug fixes

- `feat`: New features

- `build`: Build system changes

- `chore`: Maintenance tasks

- `ci`: CI/CD changes

- `docs`: Documentation updates

- `style`: Code style/formatting

- `refactor`: Code restructuring

- `perf`: Performance improvements

- `test`: Test additions/modifications

3. **Write the description**:

- Start with lowercase letter

- Use imperative mood (command form)

- Be concise but descriptive

- Maximum 72 characters total (including type prefix)

4. **Format**: `<type>: <description>`

5. **Output only the commit message** - No explanations, no line breaks, no additional text

Examples

**Good commit messages:**

**Bad commit messages (avoid these):**

Configuration File

Save this as `.aider.conf.yml` in your project root:

```yaml

watch-files: true

model: openrouter/google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

commit-prompt: |

You are an expert software engineer that generates concise, one-line Git commit messages based on the provided diffs.

Review the provided context and diffs which are about to be committed to a git repo.

Review the diffs carefully.

Generate a one-line commit message for those changes.

The commit message should be structured as follows: <type>: <description>

Use these for <type>: fix, feat, build, chore, ci, docs, style, refactor, perf, test

Ensure <description> starts lower cased.

Ensure the commit message:

- Starts with the appropriate prefix.

- Is in the imperative mood (e.g., "add feature" not "added feature" or "adding feature").

- Does not exceed 72 characters.

Reply only with the one-line commit message, without any additional text, explanations, or line breaks.

```

Usage

1. Place `.aider.conf.yml` in your project root directory

2. Launch Aider in that directory: `aider`

3. Make code changes with Aider's assistance

4. When committing, Aider will automatically generate a conventional commit message

5. Review and approve the commit message or request modifications

Constraints