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Aider

1.1 Usage​

# Mac/Linux
export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.hpc-ai.com/inference/v1"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-hpc-ai-api-key"

# Windows
setx OPENAI_API_BASE "https://api.hpc-ai.com/inference/v1"
setx OPENAI_API_KEY "your-hpc-ai-api-key"
# ... restart shell after setx commands

Method 2: Command-Line Arguments​

# Specify API endpoint and key directly
aider --model minimax/minimax-m2.5 \
      --openai-api-base https://api.hpc-ai.com/inference/v1 \
      --openai-api-key your-hpc-ai-api-key

Method 3: Global Config File​

Configure in ~/.aider.conf.yml:

model: minimax/minimax-m2.5
openai-api-base: https://api.hpc-ai.com/inference/v1
openai-api-key: your-hpc-ai-api-key

Method 4: Reasoning Model Configuration​

For reasoning models (e.g., o1-class models):

# Set reasoning effort
aider --model minimax/minimax-m2.5 \
      --reasoning-effort high

Method 5: Multi-Model Configuration​

Aider supports separate main and editor models:

# Main model for chat
aider --model minimax/minimax-m2.5

# Editor model for code edits
aider --model minimax/minimax-m2.5 \
      --editor-model minimax/minimax-m2.5

1.2 References​