Use Meridian with Aider

Installation

pip install aider-chat

Configuration

export OPENAI_API_BASE=https://meridian.getnimbus.net/api/v1
export OPENAI_API_KEY=nim_live_***

Usage

aider --model gpt-5-codex

Any supported model works: azure-swc/gpt-4.1, Llama-4-Maverick, azure-swc/DeepSeek-V4-Pro.

Architect mode

aider --architect --model gpt-5-codex --editor-model gpt-4.1

Aider uses input + output costs — Llama-4-Maverick is cheapest at $0.50/M, codex best for hard problems.