Aider Pro Configuration

A comprehensive Aider configuration optimized for production AI-assisted coding workflows with multi-model orchestration, automatic testing, and intelligent code mapping.

What This Does

Configures Aider with:

Instructions

1. **Place Configuration File**

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

- Aider will automatically discover and load it on startup

2. **Set Required Environment Variables**

```bash

export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="your-deepseek-api-key"

# Or add to .env file in git root

```

3. **Customize Test Command**

- Default: `bash test.sh`

- Update `test-cmd` to match your project's test runner

- Examples:

- `pytest tests/`

- `npm test`

- `cargo test`

4. **Enable Auto-Testing**

- Set `auto-test: true` to run tests after every code change

- Start with `false` for manual control, enable when confident

5. **Adjust Model Settings**

- **Main model**: `deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528` (reasoning + coding)

- **Weak model**: Same as main (commit messages, summaries)

- **Editor model**: Same as main (code edits)

- Switch models by uncommenting alternatives in config

6. **Configure API Timeouts**

- Default: 60 seconds

- Increase for complex operations: `timeout: 120`

7. **Optimize Repo Mapping**

- `map-tokens: 2000` provides context about your codebase structure

- Increase for large repos: `map-tokens: 4000`

- Set to `0` to disable

8. **Git Integration**

- Auto-commits enabled by default

- Commits work even on dirty repos

- Disable with `auto-commits: false` for manual control

9. **Launch Aider**

```bash

aider file1.py file2.py

# Or let it discover files

aider

```

10. **Load Preset Commands** (Optional)

- Create `as1` file with common /commands

- Auto-loads on startup via `load: as1`

- Remove this line if not needed

Configuration Highlights

```yaml

model: deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528

restore-chat-history: true

auto-lint: true

auto-test: false # Set true when ready

test-cmd: bash test.sh

map-tokens: 2000

max-chat-history-tokens: 15000

dark-mode: true

code-theme: gruvbox-dark

timeout: 60

```

Model Aliases

Quick model switching with aliases:

Important Notes

Constraints

Examples

**Basic coding session:**

```bash

aider src/main.py tests/test_main.py

Make changes via chat

Auto-lint runs after each change

Manually run /test when ready

```

**Auto-test workflow:**

```bash

Enable in config: auto-test: true

aider src/api.py

Chat: "Add input validation"

Aider edits → auto-lints → auto-tests → commits if passing

```

**Quick model switch:**

```

/model gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp

Or use alias

/model c1

```