Aider module

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A discussion dedicated to the Aider module. Share your thoughts, questions, and feedback here.

Module Scorecard

Presentation & Onboarding	Agent Integration	Credential Hygiene	Restricted-Environment Readiness	Engineering Quality	Overall
12 / 17	10 / 25	16 / 20	12 / 20	10 / 10	65 / 100

Drilldown

Presentation & Onboarding — 12 / 17

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Configuration-mode examples	12	12	README shows standalone-with-launcher, custom provider, config-file, and downstream-sync examples, covering the module's main configuration modes (provider selection, workdir, config) with sensible inline defaults.
Visual preview	5	0	No image, GIF, or video embedded in README; only an icon reference in frontmatter.

Credential Hygiene — 16 / 20

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Secrets marked sensitive	16	16	api_key variable is sensitive = true; all README examples pass var.gemini_api_key/var.anthropic_api_key/var.deepseek_api_key — no literal/placeholder keys inline.
Non-hardcoded auth path	4	0	README only shows passing api_key as a Terraform variable set to the provider env var; no ServiceAccount/OAuth/API-key-helper/AI-Gateway alternative is documented.

Restricted-Environment Readiness — 12 / 20

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Mirrorable artifact source	5	0	Install script hardcodes https://aider.chat/install.sh; no module variable overrides this download URL.
Bring-your-own binary	10	10	install_aider = false documented in variable description and exercised in tests; module validates and uses a pre-baked aider binary on PATH instead of installing.
Egress transparency	3	0	No dedicated README section enumerating install/runtime endpoints (e.g., aider.chat, provider API hosts); only a Troubleshooting section about local log files.
Runs without sudo	2	2	install.sh.tftpl contains no sudo invocations anywhere; all operations (curl, mkdir, symlink, PATH edits) run as the unprivileged user.

Engineering Quality — 10 / 10

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Input quality	6	6	All variables have clear descriptions and sensible defaults; ai_provider has a validation block restricting to a known provider set.
Test coverage	4	4	main.tftest.hcl covers business logic (defaults, workdir trimming, provider env-var mapping, validation failures, scripts output ordering); main.test.ts covers end-to-end install/config/runtime behavior in containers.

Agent Integration — 10 / 25

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
AI governance	10	0	No mention of Coder AI Gateway or Agent Firewall anywhere in the README; v3 changelog only discusses removed features (AgentAPI, Coder Tasks).
Dashboard entry point	5	5	README "Standalone mode with a launcher app" example documents a full coder_app resource to launch Aider from the dashboard.
Session continuity	5	0	No documentation of resuming an existing Aider session or running inside a persistent session manager (tmux/screen/boo).
Managed configuration	5	5	base_aider_config variable and dedicated "Configuration file" example document writing managed YAML config to ~/.aider.conf.yml.

Overall — 65 / 100

Raw 60 / 92 → round(60 / 92 × 100) = 65

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Scored against SCORECARD.md on 2026-10-27 with solstice-1.