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Vinci in Aider

Aider  is a popular terminal pair-programmer. It connects to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so Vinci works with two environment variables and the openai/ model prefix.

Setup

  1. Vinci app → Account → API keys → issue a vinci_live_… key.
  2. Point Aider at the Vinci gateway:
export OPENAI_API_BASE=https://vinci.getsimpledirect.com/api/v1
export OPENAI_API_KEY=vinci_live_...
  1. Run with a Vinci model — prefix the id with openai/:
aider --model openai/vinci-piccolo

Aider may warn that it doesn’t recognize the model; that’s expected for a custom endpoint and safe to proceed.

Local app: set OPENAI_API_BASE=http://localhost:3000/api/v1.

Every call routes through the Vinci gateway → character layer + free-tier metering + ZDR.

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