Aider with Infercom - EU Sovereign AI Coding

Aider is a terminal-based AI coding assistant that works directly with your git repository. It can make changes across multiple files, understand your codebase context, and commit changes automatically.

Verified working with MiniMax-M2.7 on Infercom.

Prerequisites

Python 3.8 or later
pip3 installed
Infercom API key

Installation

pip3 install aider-chat

Verify installation:

aider --version

Configuration

Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

Set these environment variables:

export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.infercom.ai/v1"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-infercom-api-key"

Then run Aider:

aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7

Add the export commands to your shell profile (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc) for persistence.

Option 2: Config File

Create ~/.aider.conf.yml:

openai-api-base: https://api.infercom.ai/v1
openai-api-key: your-infercom-api-key
model: openai/MiniMax-M2.7

Then simply run:

aider

Option 3: Command Line

Pass everything on the command line:

OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.infercom.ai/v1" \
OPENAI_API_KEY="your-infercom-api-key" \
aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7

Model

Use MiniMax-M2.7 with the openai/ prefix:

openai/MiniMax-M2.7

The openai/ prefix is required. Using just MiniMax-M2.7 will not work.

Example Usage

Interactive Mode

cd your-project
aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7

Then chat with Aider:

> Add error handling to the main function in app.py

Non-Interactive Mode

aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7 \
  --message "Add a hello world function" \
  --yes \
  main.py

Disable Auto-Commits

aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7 --no-auto-commits

Reasoning Output

MiniMax-M2.7 has built-in reasoning capabilities. To see the model’s thinking process, disable streaming:

aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7 --no-stream

You’ll see a THINKING section before each response showing the model’s reasoning.

Controlling Reasoning Effort

You can adjust reasoning intensity with --reasoning-effort:

aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7 \
  --no-stream \
  --reasoning-effort medium \
  --no-check-model-accepts-settings

Valid values: low, medium, high

--no-stream is required to display reasoning output. The --no-check-model-accepts-settings flag is needed because Aider doesn’t recognize MiniMax-M2.7’s reasoning support by default.

Troubleshooting

Unknown Model Warning

You may see this warning:

Warning for openai/MiniMax-M2.7: Unknown context window size and costs,
using sane defaults.

Fix: Create ~/.aider.model.metadata.json with MiniMax-M2.7 specs:

{
  "openai/MiniMax-M2.7": {
    "max_tokens": 16384,
    "max_input_tokens": 192000,
    "max_output_tokens": 16384,
    "input_cost_per_token": 0.0000003,
    "output_cost_per_token": 0.0000012,
    "litellm_provider": "openai",
    "mode": "chat",
    "accepts_settings": ["reasoning_effort"]
  }
}

This enables proper context window handling and cost tracking. Alternative: Suppress the warning with --no-show-model-warnings:

aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7 --no-show-model-warnings

Connection Errors

Verify your configuration:

curl -s https://api.infercom.ai/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" | head -20

You should see a list of available models.

Model Not Found

Ensure you’re using the correct model name with the openai/ prefix:

# Correct
aider --model openai/MiniMax-M2.7

# Wrong
aider --model MiniMax-M2.7

Performance

Token throughput: 400+ tokens/sec with MiniMax-M2.7
Context window: 192K tokens - handles large codebases

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Models

Features

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Build

Resources

Aider Integration Guide

Prerequisites

Installation

Configuration

Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

Option 2: Config File

Option 3: Command Line

Model

Example Usage

Interactive Mode

Non-Interactive Mode

Disable Auto-Commits

Reasoning Output

Controlling Reasoning Effort

Troubleshooting

Unknown Model Warning

Connection Errors

Model Not Found

Performance

Next Steps

​Prerequisites

​Installation

​Configuration

​Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

​Option 2: Config File

​Option 3: Command Line

​Model

​Example Usage

​Interactive Mode

​Non-Interactive Mode

​Disable Auto-Commits

​Reasoning Output

​Controlling Reasoning Effort

​Troubleshooting

​Unknown Model Warning

​Connection Errors

​Model Not Found

​Performance

​Next Steps

Prerequisites

Installation

Configuration

Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

Option 2: Config File

Option 3: Command Line

Model

Example Usage

Interactive Mode

Non-Interactive Mode

Disable Auto-Commits

Reasoning Output

Controlling Reasoning Effort

Troubleshooting

Unknown Model Warning

Connection Errors

Model Not Found

Performance

Next Steps