Using Aider with lite.computer

Q: Where does the lite.computer instruction go for Aider?

In a CONVENTIONS.md file. Load it with aider --read CONVENTIONS.md, the /read command inside a chat, or a read: line in .aider.conf.yml.

Aider is an open-source AI pair programmer that runs in the terminal. You tell it what to change, and it edits the files in your folder using the model of your choice.

Developers comfortable at a command line are its audience. It is a Python program, and it works in any local folder, so a Showspace is as good a place to run it as a code repository.

Made byPaul Gauthier and the Aider-AI project

Runs onA terminal on your Mac, as a Python program

Where pages goStraight into the folder you run it in

Standing instructionsA CONVENTIONS.md file, loaded with --read

CostFree and open source; you pay your model provider

Also calledaider-chat, Aider CLI

Set it up

In lite.computer, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and open the Agent Helper. Copy the paragraph and paste it into a file called CONVENTIONS.md inside your Showspace folder. Load it by adding read: CONVENTIONS.md to a .aider.conf.yml file in that same folder, or pass --read each time.
Start Aider in your Showspace with git switched off for that folder.
Ask Aider for a page. It saves the HTML file into your Showspace, and lite.computer shows it as it lands.

Run in your Showspace folder

aider --no-git --read CONVENTIONS.md

Leave out --read if you added it to .aider.conf.yml.

Try this prompt

Paste into Aider

Build an interactive page for pricing my product: sliders for price and monthly customers, a revenue chart that redraws as the sliders move, and a summary that recalculates as you go. Save it as a single self-contained HTML file in my Showspace.

Good to know

Inside a git repository, Aider commits every edit with a message of its own. Add --no-auto-commits to keep the edits and skip the commits.
Name the file with an .html ending when you ask, and say it should be self-contained. The app shows HTML pages, so that is the format to request. See Getting an AI to write pages instead of Markdown.
We have not tested Aider with lite.computer ourselves. These instructions are based on research. Try saving one HTML page to your Showspace first. If a step needs correcting, email hello@lite.computer.

Questions

Does Aider work with lite.computer?

Yes. Aider writes HTML files into your Showspace, and lite.computer shows each one as it lands.

Where does the lite.computer instruction go for Aider?

In a CONVENTIONS.md file. Load it with aider --read CONVENTIONS.md, the /read command inside a chat, or a read: line in .aider.conf.yml.

Choosing between agents? See Which AI works with lite.computer.

Last checked September 14, 2026.