From 5c1094405452cd4faef776ab79bf6b8caba2787d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:42:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Abstract the default model name so it applies to scripting
 #537

---
 aider/coders/base_coder.py | 2 +-
 aider/main.py              | 2 +-
 aider/models/__init__.py   | 2 ++
 docs/faq.md                | 1 +
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 557cc83ad..1285cb99c 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Coder:
         from . import EditBlockCoder, UnifiedDiffCoder, WholeFileCoder
 
         if not main_model:
-            main_model = models.GPT4
+            main_model = models.Model.create(models.DEFAULT_MODEL_NAME)
 
         if not skip_model_availabily_check and not main_model.always_available:
             if not check_model_availability(io, client, main_model):
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 0dd6394bf..27efbf7a3 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None):
         env_var="OPENAI_API_KEY",
         help="Specify the OpenAI API key",
     )
-    default_model = "gpt-4-1106-preview"
+    default_model = models.DEFAULT_MODEL_NAME
     core_group.add_argument(
         "--model",
         metavar="MODEL",
diff --git a/aider/models/__init__.py b/aider/models/__init__.py
index a07fdb0f2..2b8a335f2 100644
--- a/aider/models/__init__.py
+++ b/aider/models/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ GPT4 = Model.create("gpt-4")
 GPT35 = Model.create("gpt-3.5-turbo")
 GPT35_0125 = Model.create("gpt-3.5-turbo-0125")
 
+DEFAULT_MODEL_NAME = "gpt-4-1106-preview"
+
 __all__ = [
     OpenAIModel,
     OpenRouterModel,
diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md
index ee0e5d76f..a041f6e3a 100644
--- a/docs/faq.md
+++ b/docs/faq.md
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ User `aider --help` to see all the command line options, but these are useful fo
 You can also script aider from python:
 
 ```python
+import os
 import openai
 from aider.coders import Coder