Obsidian-Boy Aider Configuration

A production-ready Aider configuration from the Obsidian-Boy project that sets up an efficient AI-assisted coding workflow with automatic testing, caching, and project conventions awareness.

What This Configuration Does

This skill configures Aider for the Obsidian-Boy project with:

Instructions

When applying this configuration:

1. **Create the `.aider.conf.yaml` file** in your project root with the following content:

```yaml

model: deepseek/deepseek-chat

sonnet: true

env-file: .env.aider

cache-prompts: true

cache-keepalive-pings: 5

light-mode: true

auto-commits: false

test-cmd: pytest

auto-test: true

read: [docs/CONVENTIONS.md, docs/project.md]

```

2. **Set up the environment file** (`.env.aider`):

- Create `.env.aider` in your project root

- Add your DeepSeek API key: `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_key_here`

- Add any other API keys or environment variables needed

- Ensure `.env.aider` is in your `.gitignore`

3. **Create or verify convention documentation**:

- Ensure `docs/CONVENTIONS.md` exists with your coding standards

- Ensure `docs/project.md` exists with project overview and architecture

- These files will be automatically read by Aider on startup

4. **Configure pytest** (if not already configured):

- Create `pytest.ini` or `pyproject.toml` with pytest configuration

- Organize tests in a `tests/` directory

- Ensure tests can run with `pytest` command

5. **Verify the setup**:

- Run `aider` in your project directory

- Aider should load with Sonnet model and read the convention docs

- Make a small change and verify pytest runs automatically

Configuration Breakdown

When to Use This Skill

Use this configuration when you want to:

Customization Tips

**Switch to DeepSeek**: Uncomment line 1 and set `sonnet: false` for lower costs.

**Adjust auto-test behavior**: Set `auto-test: false` if you prefer manual test runs.

**Add more context files**: Extend the `read` list with additional documentation:

```yaml

read: [docs/CONVENTIONS.md, docs/project.md, docs/API.md, README.md]

```

**Enable auto-commits**: Set `auto-commits: true` if you prefer automatic version control.

**Change theme**: Remove `light-mode: true` for dark mode.

Notes