Aider

Integrate Intutic governance with Aider — the AI pair programming CLI tool.

How it works

Intutic writes governance rules into the extra-instructions field of your .aider.conf.yml file. Aider reads this field as additional system instructions for every session.

Setup

1. Ensure .aider.conf.yml exists

touch .aider.conf.yml

2. Initialize Intutic

intutic init

✓ Detected harnesses:
  • aider → .aider.conf.yml

3. Start the proxy

intutic start

Have an Intutic account or run your own control plane? Use intutic connect instead. It starts the same proxy and adds bidirectional config sync.

What gets written

Intutic writes a YAML file with SOPs in the extra-instructions multi-line string:

# Intutic Governance Rules (auto-generated)
# DO NOT EDIT — managed by intutic sync daemon
# Last sync: 2026-06-11T22:24:00Z

# Proxy URL: http://localhost:4000/v1

extra-instructions: |
  ## Code Review Requirements

  All code changes must include unit tests...

  ---

  ## Security Policy

  Never commit secrets or API keys...

WARNING

Intutic overwrites the entire .aider.conf.yml file. If you have custom Aider settings (model, edit-format, etc.), consider keeping them in a separate config or managing them as SOPs.

Config details

Property	Value
Harness type	aider
Config file	.aider.conf.yml
Detection	Checks for .aider.conf.yml in workspace root
Format	YAML (extra-instructions multi-line string)
Write strategy	Atomic (write to .intutic-tmp, then rename)