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 ## Getting started
+You can get started quickly like this:
+
+```
+$ pip install aider-chat
+
+# Change directory into a git repo
+$ cd /to/your/git/repo
+
+# Work with GPT-4o on your repo
+$ export OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key-goes-here
+$ aider 
+
+# Or, work with Claude 3 Opus on your repo
+$ export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-key-goes-here
+$ aider --opus
+```
 
 **See the
 [installation instructions](https://aider.chat/docs/install.html)