Aider GitHub Action

This action runs Aider in a container given a set of arguments, let's Aider apply changes, then it pushes the changes to the repository on the branch you pass to it.

Usage

Using Aider Github Workflows

The easiest and recommended way to use this action is to use the aider-github-workflows.

See Issue to PR workflow which is a great place to start.

Using the action by itself

In your workflow file, add the following step to your job:

jobs:
  my_job:
    steps:
      - name: Apply changes with Aider
        uses: mirrajabi/aider-github-action@v1.1.0
        timeout-minutes: 10 # So that you won't accidentally burn your LLM provider credits!
        with:
          api_key_env_name: OPENAI_API_KEY
          api_key_env_value: ${{ secrets.openai_api_key }}
          branch: ${{ fromJson(steps.create_branch.outputs.result).ref }}
          model: ${{ inputs.model }}
          aider_args: '--yes --message "Do this and that"'

Action Inputs

When using the action directly, you can pass the following inputs to it:

Field Name	Description	Required	Type	Default
aider_args	Space-delimited args to pass to aider (Example: "--yes --message 'Make the dashboard sidebar purple'")	true	string	-
branch	Branch to run Aider on	false	string	main
model	Model to run Aider with. Find available models on this page	true	string	-
api_key_env_name	"The name of the environment variable. For example, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, etc. See more info here	false	string	-
api_key_env_value	The API Key to use as the value of the api_key_env_name	false	string	-

Credits

This project uses Paul Gauthier's Aider. It's a great tool, and you should check it out! You can also use it as your local coding assistant.