The article also highlights other features of the Aide, such as Developercontrol, which allows AI-edits on top of the coding session with the ability to easily roll back to previous states. The agent also offers a brainstorming feature, a quick invoke feature inspired by MacOS spotlight, and a local-first feature called sidecar. Other features include deep reasoning, blazing-fast edits, and context persistence.
Key takeaways:
- A proactive agent Aide can propose fixes or include missing files by iterating on linter errors and using LSP tools.
- Developercontrol allows AI-edits on top of your coding session with the ability to easily roll back to previous states.
- A floating widget, inspired by MacOS spotlight, can be invoked with CMD + K for quick changes.
- A binary called sidecar gives full control over the prompts and responses, preparing and sending prompts to LLMs and giving them access to editor features.