fix(install): give Aider CLI-form instructions instead of MCP tool calls#1056
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Aider has no MCP support - it reads CONVENTIONS.md but can only run shell commands. The installer wrote the shared MCP-tool-centric instructions there, telling the model to call search_graph(...) etc., tools Aider cannot invoke; a reporter reasonably asked how that was ever supposed to work (#1032). Aider now gets a dedicated variant: the same discovery priority expressed as runnable codebase-memory-mcp cli commands (usable via /run), including first-index and list_projects bootstrapping, with the no-MCP constraint stated explicitly. Closes #1032 Signed-off-by: Martin Vogel <martin.vogel.tech@gmail.com>
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Closes #1032
The reporter's question exposed a real integration bug: Aider has no MCP support — it reads
CONVENTIONS.mdbut can only run shell commands — yet the installer wrote the shared MCP-tool-centric instructions there, telling the model to callsearch_graph(...)and friends, tools Aider can never invoke.Aider now gets a dedicated instructions variant: the same discovery priority order, expressed as runnable
codebase-memory-mcp clicommands (usable via Aider's/run), includingindex_repositorybootstrap andlist_projectsfor the project name, with the no-MCP constraint stated explicitly so the model doesn't hallucinate tool access. Guard test asserts the Aider content is CLI-form (and contains no bare MCP-call syntax).I'll answer the reporter's question on the issue with the working CLI workflow once this lands.
Full local suite 6005 passed, 1 skipped; lint-ci clean.