I prefer Claude Code (the `claude` cmd line version, with Sonnet 4) because it's more like an actual pair-programming session. It uses my claude acct rather than costing extra per token. It also hooks into all my MCP tools (shell (restricted), filesystem, ripgrep, test runners, etc. etc.) which makes it pretty amazing.

After turning off its annoying auto-commit-for-everything behavior, aider does work OK but it's harder to really get it to understand what I want during planning. Its new `--watch-files` thing is pretty darn cool though.

I've been wanting to use Aider but I want to use Copilot as a provider (to stay compliant with the wishes of my employer). Haven't gone down that road yet because Aider copilot support seems a bit tentative. I see they have some docs about it up now though: https://aider.chat/docs/llms/github.html

"The easiest path is to sign in to Copilot from any JetBrains IDE"

Somebody must've made a standalone login script by now right? I wonder if `gh auth login` can be used to get a token?