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Aider Cli Settings Snapshot Structure

SettingsSnapshot schema from Aider CLI

Type: object Properties: 10
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SettingsSnapshot is a JSON Structure definition published by Aider, describing 10 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

main_model weak_model editor_model edit_format auto_commits auto_lint auto_test chat_mode watch_files stream

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aider/refs/heads/main/json-structure/aider-cli-settings-snapshot-structure.json",
  "name": "SettingsSnapshot",
  "description": "SettingsSnapshot schema from Aider CLI",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "main_model": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "anthropic/claude-opus-4"
    },
    "weak_model": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "anthropic/claude-haiku-4"
    },
    "editor_model": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"
    },
    "edit_format": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "diff"
    },
    "auto_commits": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": true
    },
    "auto_lint": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": true
    },
    "auto_test": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": false
    },
    "chat_mode": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "code"
    },
    "watch_files": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": false
    },
    "stream": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": true
    }
  }
}