Add real-time WebSocket channels to your Aider workflow. 30 seconds.
Sign up with the OddSockets CLI — it wraps signup, billing and keys for you. Your key works immediately, capped at 10,000 messages, 25 channels and 25 connections. Add a card within 48 hours to start your 7-day free trial.
npx oddsockets signup myproject --email you@example.com
Add to your .env
ODDSOCKETS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
Install the Python SDK (Aider's native language).
pip install oddsockets
Add the read directive to your .aider.conf.yml and create a CONVENTIONS.md with OddSockets instructions.
.aider.conf.yml
read: - CONVENTIONS.md
CONVENTIONS.md
# OddSockets Integration
Real-time WebSocket channels via OddSockets SDK. Auth: API key from env.
## Connect (Python)
import oddsockets
client = oddsockets.OddSockets(api_key=os.environ["ODDSOCKETS_API_KEY"])
## Subscribe to a channel
client.channel("my-channel").subscribe(lambda msg: print(msg))
## Publish to a channel
client.channel("my-channel").publish({"text": "Hello!"})
## Presence (who's online)
client.channel("my-channel").presence()
## REST API
- List keys: oddsockets keys
- Plan and usage: oddsockets plan --email you@example.com
- Cluster status: oddsockets status
## Infrastructure
- Manager: https://connect.oddsockets.tyga.network
- Workers: wss://worker1-1.oddsockets.tyga.network, wss://worker1-2.oddsockets.tyga.network
- Dashboard: https://oddsockets.com/developer-dashboard
- Docs: https://docs.oddsockets.com
Ask Aider to work with real-time channels. Try these prompts:
"Add a real-time chat channel to this app using OddSockets""Subscribe to the 'orders' channel and log new events""Publish a notification to the 'alerts' channel""Show who's currently online in the 'lobby' channel""Check my OddSockets usage stats and rate limits"OddSockets has SDKs for every major language and framework.