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HISTORY.md

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 ### main branch
 
+- Streamlined [API for scripting aider, added docs](https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html#can-i-script-aider)
 - Ask for more concise SEARCH/REPLACE blocks. [Benchmarked](https://aider.chat/docs/benchmarks.html) at 63.9%, no regression.
 - Improved repo-map support for elisp.
 - Fixed crash bug when `/add` used on file matching `.gitignore`
-- Fixed crash bug when repo-map processed file not matching `--encoding`
+- Fixed misc bugs to catch and handle unicode decoding errors.
 
 ### v0.16.3
 

docs/faq.md

@@ -278,12 +278,13 @@ from aider.coders import Coder
 # This is a list of files to add to the chat
 fnames = ['foo.py']
 
-# This is the instruction to give to GPT
-message = 'make a script that prints hello world!'
-
 # Create a coder object
 coder = Coder.create(fnames=fnames)
 
-# This will execute that one instruction on those files and then return
-coder.run(message)
+# This will execute one instruction on those files and then return
+coder.run("make a script that prints hello world")
+
+# Send another instruction
+coder.run("make it say goodbye")
+
 ```