Aider Companion (JetBrains)
JetBrains plugin that exposes a REST endpoint listing currently-open files so Aider can pull IDE context.
🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for Aider Companion (JetBrains), derived from its capabilities.
AIVSS 7.0 · High
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Aider Companion is a JetBrains IDE plugin that runs a small REST API server exposing an endpoint which lists the files currently open in the IDE, letting Aider (or tooling around it) fetch live editor context. Security surface: it stands up a local HTTP server that reports open-file paths to any client that can reach it.
Key features
- Local REST server for open-file listing
- IDE-context bridge for Aider
- JetBrains-family support
Use cases
- Feed IDE context to Aider from JetBrains
- Integrate Aider with IntelliJ workflows