Aider Integration Guide

Overview

Aider is a terminal coding agent. Cup’n’String governs it through process detection, provider/API proxying, local service controls, and secret shielding.

Support level

Process & Network Governance

What Cup’n’String detects

• Aider process
• Workspace path
• Provider/API egress

What it governs

• Outbound AI calls
• Local service access
• Sensitive project files and credentials

Recommended policies

• Require provider proxy
• Audit terminal-agent sessions
• Block unknown endpoints

Setup outline

1. Verify the Cup’n’String client is running.
2. Run Aider from your terminal environment.
3. Network filter configurations automatically capture outbound socket requests.

Verification

Confirm that Aider model invocations are matched against your company egress rules and displayed in the audit trail.

Troubleshooting

If process detection is missed, make sure Aider CLI is run directly rather than via complex shell wrapper scripts that mask process names.

Known limitations

Deep tool semantics may be limited without wrapper/proxy routing.