diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 8c456f0b5..0599c9d5f 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Aider does not officially support use with LLMs other than OpenAI's gpt-3.5-turbo and gpt-4 and their variants. -It generally requires some model-specific tuning to get prompts and -editing formats working well. For example, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 use very +It seems to require model-specific tuning to get prompts and +editing formats working well with a new model. For example, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 use very different prompts and editing formats in aider right now. Adopting new LLMs will probably require a similar effort to tailor the prompting and edit formats. @@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ That said, aider does provide some features to experiment with other models. If you can make the model accessible via an OpenAI compatible API, you can use `--openai-api-base` to connect to a different API endpoint. -Here is are some +Here are some [GitHub issues which may contain relevant information](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues?q=is%3Aissue+%22openai-api-base%22+). [LocalAI](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI) -looks like a relevant tool to serve many local models via a compatible API: +and +[SimpleAI](https://github.com/lhenault/simpleAI) +look like relevant tools to serve local models via a compatible API: ## Can I change the system prompts that aider uses? @@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ has provided this ## How do I get ctags working? First, be aware that ctags is completely optional and not required to use aider. +Aider only attempts to use ctags with GPT-4, +and currently doesn't use ctags with GPT-3.5. If you wish to use ctags, you should consult the [universal ctags repo](https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags)