Overview
Open-source CLI-based AI coding assistant that edits code across multiple files based on natural language instructions.
Details
Mentat is an open-source command-line AI coding assistant that makes coordinated edits across multiple files based on natural language instructions. It works in any local Git repo, supports several LLM providers, and emphasizes simplicity, drop into a folder, describe a change, and Mentat handles the multi-file edit. Mentat is part of the broader CLI-coding-agent ecosystem alongside Aider, Plandex, and Claude Code.