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 # aider
 
-Aider is a command-line tool that allows you to chat with GPT-4 about your code.
+`aider` is a command-line tool that allows you to chat with GPT-4 about your code.
 Ask GPT for features, improvements, or bug fixes and `aider` will directly apply the changes to your source files.
 Each change is automatically committed to git with a sensible commit message.