From 143e05ec662a928cc4156a66f638dd152ca24bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 17:03:26 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] include the users platform

---
 aider/coders/base_coder.py   | 11 ++++++++++-
 aider/coders/help_prompts.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index b6c0ead61..a552b4ed1 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import hashlib
 import json
 import mimetypes
 import os
+import platform
 import re
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -732,7 +733,15 @@ class Coder:
     def fmt_system_prompt(self, prompt):
         lazy_prompt = self.gpt_prompts.lazy_prompt if self.main_model.lazy else ""
 
-        prompt = prompt.format(fence=self.fence, lazy_prompt=lazy_prompt)
+        platform_text = (
+            f"The user's system is `{platform.platform()}` according to python platform.platform()"
+        )
+
+        prompt = prompt.format(
+            fence=self.fence,
+            lazy_prompt=lazy_prompt,
+            platform=platform_text,
+        )
         return prompt
 
     def format_messages(self):
diff --git a/aider/coders/help_prompts.py b/aider/coders/help_prompts.py
index f85f41f50..0defbc0e4 100644
--- a/aider/coders/help_prompts.py
+++ b/aider/coders/help_prompts.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Don't suggest a solution that isn't supported.
 Be helpful but concise.
 
 Unless the question indicates otherwise, assume the user wants to use aider as a CLI tool.
+{platform}
 """
 
     example_messages = []