I made a specific design decision to avoid and minimize agentic behavior in aider. My biggest concerns are that agentic loops are slow and expensive. Even worse

I made a specific design decision to avoid and minimize agentic behavior in aider. My biggest concerns are that agentic loops are slow and expensive. Even worse, they often "go off the rails" and spend a lot of time and money diligently doing the wrong thing, which you ultimately have to undo/redo. Instead, I've found the "pair programming chat" UX to be the most effective for AI coding. With aider, you collaborate with the AI on coding, asking for a sequence of bite sized changes to your code base. At each step, you can offer direction or corrections if you're unhappy with how the AI interpreted your request. If you need to, you can also just jump in and make certain code changes yourself within your normal IDE/editor. Aider will notice your edits and make sure the AI is aware as your chat continues. https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider