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* `setx OPENAI_API_KEY sk-...` in Windows PowerShell * `setx OPENAI_API_KEY sk-...` in Windows PowerShell
* Or include `openai-api-key: sk-...` in an `.aider.conf.yml` file in your home directory or at the root of your git repo, alongside the `.git` dir. * Or include `openai-api-key: sk-...` in an `.aider.conf.yml` file in your home directory or at the root of your git repo, alongside the `.git` dir.
3. Optionally, install [universal ctags](https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags). This is helpful if you plan to use aider and GPT-4 with repositories that have more than a handful of files. This allows aider to build a [map of your entire git repo](https://aider.chat/docs/ctags.html) and share it with GPT to help it better understand and modify large codebases. 3. Optionally, install [universal ctags](https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags). This is helpful if you plan to use aider and GPT-4 with repositories that have more than a handful of files. This allows aider to build a [map of your entire git repo](https://aider.chat/docs/ctags.html) and share it with GPT to help it better understand and modify large codebases. See the [FAQ entry about ctags](docs/faq.md#how-do-i-get-ctags-working) for more info.
* The `ctags` command needs to be on your shell path so that it will run by default when aider invokes `ctags ...`.
* You need a build which includes the json feature. You can check by running `ctags --version` and looking for `+json` in the `Optional compiled features` list.
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