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AIDE

Gives each project its own local cluster that behaves like the real one, with proper web addresses and trusted HTTPS, and lets you edit a running service on your own machine.

Start here: what it does, why use it, and how it fits.

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What it does

A local cluster that behaves like the one you deploy to.

Imagine opening your project in a browser at a real address such as portal.dev.mycompany.io, with a padlock and no warnings, while everything runs on your own computer. That is what AIDE sets up. You describe the project in one small file, and AIDE builds a private cluster for it, gives it web addresses under your own domain and makes your computer trust its certificates.

When you want to change a service, you do not have to rebuild anything. AIDE can point that service at the program you are editing on your machine. The address and the padlock stay the same, and your edits show up as soon as you reload the page. When you are done, one step sends it back to the cluster.

AIDE prepares the environment. You or your coding agent put the application in it and check that the address works.

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  1. Step 1: You describe project Cluster tool.
  2. Step 2: Cluster tool builds Local cluster with HTTPS.
  3. Step 3: Local cluster with HTTPS redirects to Code on your machine.
Why use it

What you gain over a port number on localhost.

A plain local address skips the web address, the padlock and the routing you meet in a real deployment, so those problems show up late. AIDE keeps them in the picture from the first day.

Experience

Real addresses and HTTPS

You test with the same kind of address you will deploy to

Typical alternative
A local setup reached through port numbers, with no project domain and no trusted certificate
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Your project gets proper web addresses under your own domain, secured with a certificate
Speed

Edit a running service live

Your edits appear on reload, with no image rebuild

Typical alternative
A tunnel that bypasses the real entry point
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One service can be pointed at the program on your machine while the address and certificate stay as they are
Security

Trust is set up for you

The padlock is genuine, and you never switch certificate checks off

Typical alternative
Clicking through browser warnings or installing a certificate by hand
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The project's certificate is made trusted on your computer, and in browsers where possible
Reliability

Works offline most of the time

A dropped connection does not interrupt your work

Typical alternative
A tool that asks an online account service on every command
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Your access is checked on your own computer, so a working session carries on without a connection until renewal is due
Experience

A ready briefing for your agent

The agent starts informed instead of exploring by trial and error

Typical alternative
Describing the cluster to an agent by hand
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AIDE writes out your project's domain, cluster access and routing rules in words the agent can follow
Operability

Clear state and checks

You find the failing part before you change anything

Typical alternative
Guessing why an address does not work
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AIDE reports what is running, what is redirected and which part of your setup is missing
Out of the box

Installed with one command, run inside your project.

The MAIT image includes AIDE. Anywhere else, install it with one aidc command (aidc install mait:aide@latest). It needs Docker and an account that includes the local cluster feature. A one-time setup step then installs the few helper tools it uses. After that, everyday commands keep working without a network connection until your access is due for renewal.

Where it fits

Where it sits in the MAIT toolkit.

Installed byThe tool manager AIDC
Included inThe MAIT image from mait-image
Run by agents throughThe tool server described in MCP AIDE
Used withDocker, which runs the cluster
Hands toA coding agent, as a written briefing
Learn more

Where to read on.