Bug: Architect mode automatically updating code

[dopper]

Issue

It appears like architect mode automatically updates without asking user now.

Version and model info

Aider v0.77.0
Main model: o3-mini with architect edit format, reasoning high
Editor model: claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 with editor-diff edit format
Weak model: gpt-4o-mini
Git repo: .git with 89 files
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[paul-gauthier]

Thanks for trying aider and filing this issue.

Yes, that's the new default. You can do --no-auto-accept-architect if you prefer the old behavior.

[dopper]

Got it, that makes sense and closing.

[brianredbeard]

FYI, there are at least some issues with this:

architect> /help how do i disable the auto-edit-architect feature?                                                                                                                                                                                       

To use interactive /help you need to install the help extras

/Users/bharrington/.local/share/uv/tools/aider-chat/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed 'aider-chat[help]' --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
Run pip install? (Y)es/(N)o [Yes]:                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Installing: /Users/bharrington/.local/share/uv/tools/aider-chat/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed 'aider-chat[help]' --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
                
Installation complete.

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Okay, let me try to figure out how to disable the auto-edit-architect feature in aider. The user mentioned this feature, so I need to look through the provided documentation to find the relevant options.                                              

First, looking at the docs, there's an option called --architect which enables the architect mode. Architect mode uses two models: one for planning and another for editing. The user wants to disable this automated architect editing feature.         

In the options, I see --auto-accept-architect which is enabled by default. This might automatically accept changes proposed by the architect mode. If the user wants to disable the auto-edit by the architect, maybe turning off auto-accept would help.
The docs say to use --no-auto-accept-architect to disable it.                                                                                                                                                                                            

Alternatively, since architect mode itself is triggered by --architect, perhaps disabling that would turn off the feature entirely. But if the user wants to keep architect mode but not have it auto-apply edits, then --no-auto-accept-architect is the
right choice.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

So the steps would be to either disable the architect mode or disable the auto-acceptance of its edits. Based on the user's question, the best approach is to use the --no-auto-accept-architect flag when running aider. This should stop the automatic 
application of architect changes, requiring manual acceptance instead.                                                                                                                                                                                   

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To disable the auto-edit-architect feature in aider, you can use either of these methods:                                                                                                                                                                

 1 Use the command line flag when starting aider:                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 aider --no-auto-accept-architect                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 2 Set an environment variable before starting aider:                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 export AIDER_AUTO_ACCEPT_ARCHITECT=False                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 aider                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

These will disable the automatic acceptance of architect changes, requiring manual confirmation before applying edits when using architect mode. Note this can also be toggled during a session with /auto-accept-architect off.                         

The difference between architect mode and auto-acceptance:                                                                                                                                                                                               

 • Architect mode (--architect) enables the two-stage LLM process (design + edit)                                                                                                                                                                        
 • Auto-accept-architect controls whether suggested edits are automatically applied or require confirmation                                                                                                                                              


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Formula/a/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.rb                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
architect> /auto-accept-architect off                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Invalid command: /auto-accept-architect