Agent Skills integration for aider — inject structured skills into your AI pair programming sessions with zero aider changes.
pip install aider-skills# Inside an aider session:
/run aider-skills to-prompt ./my-skills
# Or at startup:
aider --read $(aider-skills tmpfile ./my-skills)The model receives structured metadata about available skills and reads
individual SKILL.md files on demand — exactly as the
agentskills.io spec describes
for filesystem-based agents.
Aider has no plugin or hook system. aider-skills uses aider's own
/run command and --read flag as integration points, requiring no
fork and no changes to aider's internals.
See docs/aider-integration.md for full usage, all three integration patterns, and skill authoring guidance.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
to-prompt DIR... |
Print <available_skills> XML — use with /run |
to-conventions DIR... |
Print markdown block — use with CONVENTIONS.md |
tmpfile DIR... |
Write to temp file, print path — use with --read |
list DIR... |
Human-readable list of discovered skills |
validate DIR |
Validate a single skill directory |
- agentskills.io — the Agent Skills specification
- skills-ref — reference implementation this wraps
- aider — AI pair programming in your terminal
- cecli — aider fork with native skills support built in
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