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Model warnings

{% include model-warnings.md %}

Specifying context window size and token costs

You can register context window limits and costs for models that aren't known to aider. Create a .aider.models.json file in one of these locations:

• Your home directory.
• The root if your git repo.
• The current directory where you launch aider.
• Or specify a specific file with the --model-metadata-file <filename> switch.

If the files above exist, they will be loaded in that order. Files loaded last will take priority.

The json file should be a dictionary with an entry for each model, as follows:

{
    "deepseek-chat": {
        "max_tokens": 4096,
        "max_input_tokens": 32000,
        "max_output_tokens": 4096,
        "input_cost_per_token": 0.00000014,
        "output_cost_per_token": 0.00000028,
        "litellm_provider": "deepseek",
        "mode": "chat"
    }
}

See litellm's model_prices_and_context_window.json file for more examples.