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Aider is a terminal-first pair programmer. Wire Dock in as an MCP server and Aider can read, write, and seal rows while you refactor.

Client
Aider
Terminal pair programmer (Python). MCP via aider-mcp plugin or REST.
HTTP JSON-RPC (streamable-http)
Dock MCP
trydock.ai/api/mcp
37 tools · OAuth 2.1 + DCR · Bearer
Auth path
1
Mint a dk_ key in Dock Settings → API keys.
2
Paste it as Authorization: Bearer dk_… in the client config.
3
Client calls Dock MCP directly on every request.

Prerequisites

  • Aider installed (pipx install aider-chat), version supporting MCP (0.70+).
  • A Dock dk_ key.
Config file
~/.aider.conf.yml for user-global, or .aider.conf.yml in the repo root for project-scoped.
Reload
Aider reads config on every invocation. No daemon. Each aider command picks up the latest config.
~/.aider.conf.ymlyaml
mcp-servers:
  dock:
    url: https://trydock.ai/api/mcp
    headers:
      Authorization: Bearer dk_live_c914f1c6...
Or via CLI flagbash
aider --mcp-server "dock=https://trydock.ai/api/mcp" \
      --mcp-header "dock:Authorization=Bearer dk_live_c914f1c6..."

Verify

$ aider

> /mcp list
dock      37 tools   ok

> use the dock MCP to list my workspaces
[Aider calls list_workspaces]
Found 3 workspaces: content-pipeline, research-queue, product-brief.

Troubleshooting

Symptom
Fix
/mcp list returns empty
You're on a pre-0.70 build of Aider. Upgrade with pipx upgrade aider-chat.
Aider says "Bearer token format invalid"
YAML needs the header value in quotes if it contains spaces. Use "Bearer dk_live_..." or switch to the CLI-flag form.

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