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Vim Integration

The short answer: open Vim, enter insert mode at your target location, press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows/Linux), speak for 30-90 seconds, and AICHE inserts text at your cursor.

Vim users navigate code at thought speed but documentation slows to typing speed, breaking the efficiency philosophy. Voice input restores the performance balance.

1. Open Vim in your terminal.
2. Navigate to where you need text (comment, README.md, commit message).
3. Enter insert mode (i, a, o, or your preferred binding).
4. Press your AICHE hotkey to start recording.
5. Speak your content naturally.
6. Press the hotkey again-AICHE transcribes and inserts text at your cursor.
7. Press Esc to return to normal mode and continue editing.

Documentation Workflow

Inline Code Comments

Position your cursor above a complex function in insert mode, then dictate the explanation. Example: "Add detailed comment explaining this authentication middleware implementation. Function accepts a request object as input, extracts the JWT token from the Authorization header using string splitting, validates the token signature using the HMAC SHA256 algorithm with the secret key from environment variables, checks the expiration timestamp against current server time, decodes the user ID from the token payload, fetches the complete user object from the database by ID with related permissions, attaches the user object to the request context for downstream handlers, and raises an HTTP 401 Unauthorized error if the token is missing, malformed, expired, or invalid."

AICHE captures your complete technical explanation. You format it to match your comment style manually, but the verbose content is already there.

README Files

Open README.md in Vim, position cursor in insert mode, and dictate complete sections. For installation instructions, speak every step including edge cases: "Installation section. Clone the repository using git clone with the HTTPS URL. Change directory into the project folder. Install dependencies using pip install dash r requirements dot txt. Create a dot env file in the project root containing DATABASE_URL, SECRET_KEY, and AWS_S3_BUCKET variables. Run database migrations with python manage dot py migrate. Start the development server with python manage dot py runserver which launches on localhost port 8000."

Typing this takes 8 minutes; speaking takes 60 seconds.

Architecture Decisions

Create an ARCHITECTURE.md file and dictate technical design rationales. Example: "Explain the choice of PostgreSQL over MongoDB for user data storage. Initially considered MongoDB for schema flexibility during rapid product iteration. However, user profiles and permissions require strict relational consistency. PostgreSQL provides ACID guarantees preventing data corruption during concurrent updates, supports complex JOIN operations for permission inheritance across user groups, offers mature full-text search using ts_vector for username lookups, and integrates with existing analytics tools expecting SQL interfaces. Trade-off: schema migrations with Alembic require more planning than schemaless updates, but consistency guarantees outweigh this operational cost for user-critical data."

Architectural documentation becomes feasible because voice removes the typing barrier.

Configuration Dictation

Explaining .vimrc

Open your init.vim or .vimrc and add comments explaining plugin choices. Dictate rationale: "Telescope fuzzy finder for file navigation. Replaces fzf dot vim for faster search using native Lua API. Configured with file_ignore_patterns to skip node_modules and dot git directories. Custom keybinding space f f to search files, space f g for git files only, space f b for open buffers."

Voice turns cryptic vim configs into documented systems new team members can understand.

Commit Message Dictation

When committing from the terminal, Vim opens for commit messages. Enter insert mode and dictate complete context. Example: "Implements user authentication middleware with JWT validation and refresh token rotation. Adds secure HTTP-only cookie handling for token storage preventing XSS attacks. Includes comprehensive error handling for malformed tokens, expired signatures, and revoked sessions detected through Redis blacklist checks. Updates API documentation with authentication flow diagrams showing initial login, token refresh cycle, and logout token invalidation. Adds integration tests covering successful authentication, token expiry behavior, and concurrent session management."

Detailed commit messages that document reasoning become standard because speaking is effortless.

Result: code documentation and commit messages that took 20 minutes to type across multiple files now take 5 minutes to dictate, and Vim's efficiency philosophy extends to documentation instead of stopping at code navigation.

Do this now: open Vim with a complex function lacking documentation, enter insert mode above it, press your hotkey, and explain what the code does as if teaching someone new to the codebase.