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The reliable path: a shell one-liner

Section titled “The reliable path: a shell one-liner”

Aider has no dedicated skill-file slot, so the most portable integration is wiring chime notify directly into whatever shell action or hook Aider exposes:

Terminal window
chime notify "Aider finished the requested change" --alias aider

That’s the entire integration surface: install the CLI (see Install), pair once (see Quickstart), then call chime notify from a shell step whenever you want a ping on your phone. chime receive polls for replies the same way, from any shell:

Terminal window
chime receive --alias aider

MCP, if your Aider version has it enabled

Section titled “MCP, if your Aider version has it enabled”

Where Aider’s MCP support is available, register chime the same way as any other MCP host — see the generic pattern on the Cursor page — and use chime_wait / chime_receive from MCP to listen for replies. Treat this as a bonus path, not the primary one: the shell one-liner above works regardless of MCP support and is what to reach for first.

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