{"schemaVersion":"opencli.cli.v1","slug":"aider","name":"aider","shortName":"aider","binaryName":"aider","maker":{"slug":"aider","name":"aider","type":"small-team","url":"https://aider.chat","officialPlatformMaker":false,"featuredBuilder":true},"category":"AI","description":"Code editing, agent loops, and repo-aware chat from the terminal. Built by aider.","tagline":"Code editing, agent loops, and repo-aware chat from the terminal.","install":{"packageManager":"pipx","command":"pipx install aider-chat","packageName":null,"npmPackage":null,"brewFormula":"aider","brewCask":null,"crateName":null,"pypiPackage":"aider-chat","goPackage":null,"dockerImage":null},"verify":{"command":"aider --help","signal":"aider responds locally; authenticate before real work."},"quickStart":"aider --model sonnet","exampleWorkflow":["aider --model sonnet"],"agent":{"readiness":{"label":"Human-first CLI","score":35,"reasons":["Supports non-interactive/scripted use."],"guardrails":["Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.","Verify identity/account before running task commands.","Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.","Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions."]},"packUrl":"https://opencli.co/cli/aider/agent.md","packMarkdown":"# OpenCLI Agent Pack: aider\n\nUse this when an AI agent needs to work with `aider`.\n\n## What this CLI is for\nCode editing, agent loops, and repo-aware chat from the terminal. Built by aider.\n\nBest for: code editing, agent loops, and repo-aware chat from the terminal.\n\n## Agent readiness\nHuman-first CLI (35/100)\n- Supports non-interactive/scripted use.\n\n## Install\n```sh\npipx install aider-chat\n```\n\n## Verify before real work\n```sh\naider --help\n```\nExpected signal: aider responds locally; authenticate before real work.\n\n## Safe starting commands\n```sh\naider --help\n```\n\n```sh\naider --model sonnet\n```\n\n## Guardrails for agents\n- Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.\n- Verify identity/account before running task commands.\n- Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.\n- Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions.\n\n## Suggested agent instruction\nYou may use aider (`aider`) for code editing, agent loops, and repo-aware chat from the terminal.. First install it if missing, then run the verify command. Start with read-only or inspection commands. Summarize what you found before changing anything. Ask for confirmation before commands that mutate remote state, spend money, deploy, delete data, merge code, or expose secrets.\n\nSource: OpenCLI\n"},"fit":{"bestFor":"code editing, agent loops, and repo-aware chat from the terminal.","useThisIf":"You work with AI models and inference and want a fast terminal interface.","skipIf":"You're not comfortable with a tool that can write to production.","whatHappensNext":"Run `aider --model sonnet` and see what comes back."},"capabilities":{"agentFriendly":true,"supportsJsonOutput":false,"supportsNonInteractive":true,"supportsDryRun":false,"requiresAuth":true,"requiresNetwork":true,"ciFriendly":false,"localFirst":false,"destructivePotential":"high"},"taxonomy":{"useCases":["Code editing","Agent loops","Repo-aware chat"],"aliases":["aider chat"],"keywords":["coding agent ai"],"tags":["builder","agent-friendly"]},"links":{"website":"https://aider.chat","github":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider","docs":"https://aider.chat/docs/","opencli":"https://opencli.co/cli/aider","markdown":"https://opencli.co/cli/aider/agent.md","json":"https://opencli.co/cli/aider.json"},"metrics":{"githubStars":45886,"latestRelease":"2026-05-22T14:02:20Z","license":"Apache-2.0","metricLabel":"Homebrew installs (30d)","metricValue":1039,"metricSource":"homebrew","metricAsOf":"2026-06-08T11:00:46.493Z"}}