AIDE - AI Development Environment
Persistent memory, code intelligence, and multi-agent orchestration for AI coding assistants. Works with Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex CLI.
Prerequisite: Bun — the only runtime dependency. The Go binary downloads automatically.
Install
Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add jmylchreest/aide
claude plugin install aide@aide
OpenCode:
bunx @jmylchreest/aide-plugin install
Codex CLI:
bunx @jmylchreest/aide-plugin install --platform codex
The Go binary downloads automatically on first run. Skills become available immediately.
What You Get
| Capability | What it does |
|---|
| Memory | Remembers preferences and context across sessions |
| Decisions | Records architectural choices, enforces them in every session |
| Blueprints | Seeds best-practice decisions for Go, Rust, GitHub Actions, and more |
| Code Index | Fast symbol search, call graphs, and references via tree-sitter |
| Static Analysis | Detects complexity, coupling, secrets, and code duplication |
| Survey | Maps codebase structure: modules, entry points, tech stack, churn hotspots |
| Skills | 23 built-in workflows triggered by natural language |
| Swarm | Parallel agents with full SDLC pipelines (design, test, implement, verify, docs) |
| 34 MCP Tools | Full programmatic access to all capabilities above |
Get Started
Existing project — understand the codebase:
Survey this codebase and help me understand its structure.
AIDE indexes symbols, discovers modules, tech stack, entry points, and git churn hotspots, then presents the big picture. Full guide
New project — set up guardrails:
Bootstrap with curated best practices, then customise:
aide blueprint import go go-github-actions # seeds decisions from blueprints
aide blueprint import --detect # or auto-detect from project markers
Then refine with the decide skill for project-specific choices:
Help me decide on the auth strategy and database schema for this project.
Blueprints cover language idioms, tooling, CI/CD, and common pitfalls. The decide skill handles project-specific architectural choices. Both persist across every future session. Full guide
Share decisions with your team:
Export decisions and memories to git-friendly markdown, then commit them:
aide share export # writes to .aide/shared/
git add .aide/shared && git commit -m "share: team decisions"
Teammates who add AIDE_SHARE_AUTO_IMPORT=1 to .claude/settings.json get them imported automatically at session start. Decisions are append-only per topic (new ones supersede, history kept); memories merge by ULID (newer edits win).
Teammates without AIDE can still use the folder. Each .aide/shared/decisions/*.md and .aide/shared/memories/*.md is self-contained markdown with structured frontmatter — any AI assistant can ingest them as context. A short DECISIONS.md / MEMORIES.md explainer is written alongside the exports to document the format. Full guide
Skills
Skills are markdown workflows triggered by keywords. Type naturally — trigger matching is fuzzy.
